Relationships between locus of control and adherence to diabetes regimen

Adequate self-care in diabetes causes quality of life promotion and decreases the number of inpatient cases. The health locus of control theory is used to assess adherence to diabetes regimen in some studies in developed countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the status of diabetes locus of control in a sample of diabetic patients in Iran and investigation of it's relationship to adherence to diabetes regimen. This analytical and cross-sectional study was carried out on 120 patients referred to Yazd Diabetes Research Center. The Iranian versions of Diabetes Locus of Control scale and Diabetes Self-care Activities scale were used for data collection. Men were more internal locus of control and women were more chance locus of control. The attributions of external locus of control increased by age, while the internal locus of control increased by education level and chance locus of control decreased by education level. A positive association between internal locus of control and adherence to diabetes regimen was found and there was a negative association between chance locus of control and adherence to diabetes regimen. Findings suggest that interventions aimed at improving internal locus of control may improve adherence to diabetes regimen but different diabetic patients have different attribution styles and interventional programs to enhance diabetes self-care will be more successful if patient's locus of control is addressed

[Determining the general health status of workers of Kuushk mine]

Health of workers of a community, especially in an industry oriented country, is very important. Mental s'problem of workers in an industrialised country is the most problems, because their environment and work conditions are risk factors. The aim of this study was to determine the health statue of workers of Kuushk mine based on General Health Questionnaire to decrease problems of physical, mental and social health of workers and increase their economical efficiency. This was a cross-sectional studuy, carried out on 262 workers of Kuushk plumb and zinc mine. Twenty eight item General Health Questionnaire [GHQ-28] in workers was examined. All of workers participated in the study.GHQis a measure of current mental and physical health. The most commons coving methods are bi-modal[0-0-1-1] and Likert styles [0-1-2-3]. All data were transferred directly in to SPSS. For data analysis ANOVA, Pearson chi-square was used. About 40% of subjects reported a history of accident. The results of GHQ showed that general health of 25/8% of participants was not good. The physical health of 24/5%, anxiety of 28/9%, social function of 43/6% and depression of 7/5% of subjects were not suitable. More than 21% of them were not satisfy from their work and their laborer. About 85% of them had a rotation shift. It is concluded that concluded that health status of workers in different parts of industry must be assessed and appropriate programs should be designed for improvement of health status of workers