. Fatemeh Afsahi; . Mohsen Kachooei
Volume 10, Issue 5 , May 2020, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is one of the major health threats in the world today. The purposeof this study was to find the relationship between hypertension with irrational health belief ...
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INTRODUCTION: Hypertension is one of the major health threats in the world today. The purposeof this study was to find the relationship between hypertension with irrational health belief and healthlocus of controls.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The current work is a descriptive (case–control) study. One hundredpatients with hypertension and 100 healthy individuals were included in the study through availablesampling method. The Irrational Health Belief Scale and Multidimensional Health Locus of Controlquestionnaire were used. Data were analyzed using independent t‑test and logistic regression.RESULTS: The findings showed a significant relationship between the variables of irrational healthbeliefs and the external health locus of control in hypertension. For a unit increase in an irrationalhealth belief score, the chance of having high blood pressure increases by 6%, and for a unit increasein the score of external health locus of control, there is a 17% higher chance of having hypertension.The independent t‑test of irrational health belief also showed a statistically significant differencebetween the two groups (P < 0.01). There was also a statistically significant difference regardingthe health locus of control in the two groups of hypertension and healthy individuals in the subscaleof chance control (P < 0.01) and external locus of control (P < 0.01).CONCLUSION: The results of this study make it necessary to identify irrational health beliefs aswell as the health locus of control in individuals. Modification of these structures can be useful in theprevention and management of this chronic disease.
