Spanish 
Chinese 
Russian 
German 
French 
Japanese 
Portuguese 
Hindi Our Group organises 3000+ Global Conferenceseries Events every year across USA, Europe & Asia with support from 1000 more scientific Societies and Publishes 700+ Open Access Journals which contains over 50000 eminent personalities, reputed scientists as editorial board members.
Open Access Journals gaining more Readers and Citations
700 Journals and 15,000,000 Readers Each Journal is getting 25,000+ Readers
Google Scholar citation report
Indexed In
- Index Copernicus
- Google Scholar
- CiteFactor
- Publons
- Pubmed
- science Gate
- scispace
- world cat
Useful Links
Related Subjects
Share This Page
Health locus of control and its relationship with quality of life in HIV-infected patients
3rd International Conference on Mental Health and Human Resilience
Zahra Mostafavian and Masoumeh Sadat Dastgheib
Islamic Azad University, Iran Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Int J Emerg Ment Health
Abstract
Statement of the Problem: The influence of various psychological factors on quality of life (QOL) in HIV infected patients including health locus of control has been well established. In our study, health locus of control (HLOC) in Iranian HIV-infected patients was evaluated and its association with QOL among them investigated. Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: In this cross-sectional study, 80 patients with HIV infection who referred to behavioral and infectious diseases consultation center in health departments of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in 2015 were recruited by convenience sampling. Patients were assessed for demographic characteristics, HLOC and QOL. Health locus of control beliefs were measured with the multidimensional health locus of control (MHLOC) scale and quality of life with the medical outcome study short-form health survey (MOS-SF-36). Findings: Participants had a mean internal HLOC score of 30.31±3.87, external HLOC score of 24.17±5.03 and a mean chance HLOC score of 32.01±4.49. Positive correlation between internal HLOC scores and both physical dimension (p<0.001, r=0.53) and mental dimension of quality of life (p<0.001, r=0.48) was found. Conclusion & Significance: Quality of life was positively influenced in the patients with HIV infection who had internal health locus of control. These findings suggest the importance of considering the psychological characteristics and psychosocial beliefs of patients in evaluation and treatment of patients with HIV infection.Biography
Zahra Mostafavian has her expertise in researching about health including mental health. She has done several researches about validation of health questionnaire in her country.
Email: Dr.Mostafavian@mshdiau.ac.ir
