TY - JOUR ID - 40806 TI - The Relationship between Health Locus of Control and Health Behaviors in Emergency Medicine Personnel JO - International Journal of Community Based Nursing & Midwifery JA - IJCBNM LA - en SN - 2322-2476 AU - Pourhoseinzadeh, Mansour AU - Gheibizadeh, Mahin AU - Moradikalboland, Mehrnaz AU - Cheraghian, Bahman AD - Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran AD - Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran Y1 - 2017 PY - 2017 VL - 5 IS - 4 SP - 397 EP - 407 KW - Internal-external control KW - Health behaviors KW - Emergency medical technicians DO - N2 - Background: Health locus of control defined as individual beliefs based on past experiences in health issues and having external or internal control over them, could affect health. Health locus of control plays a role in health behaviors. We aimed to investigate the relationship between health locus of control and health behavior in emergency medical personnel in Ahvaz during 2016.Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study, which began in August 2016 for a period of six months on 215 emergency medical personnel in Ahvaz who were selected randomly. The data were collected by a demographic questionnaire, Rotter’s locus of control questionnaire, and health behavior questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS software, version 22. The correlation between variables was estimated by Pearson’s correlation coefficient and independent t test. The level of significance for all statistical tests was set at 0.05.Results: We found no significant relationship between health locus of control (external and internal) and health behavior (P>0.05).Health behaviors were very good in terms of personal health (86.5%), nutrition (53%), and sleep and rest (48.4%), and poor in terms of physical activity (52.6%) and stress management (79.5%). Furthermore, 79.5% of the emergency personnel, in general, had poor heath behaviors. Conclusion: Leaders and officials in the field of health must necessarily design programs in relation to health locus of control and the factors developing and affecting it as well as the role of health locus of control in doing correct behaviors. UR - https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_40806.html L1 - https://ijcbnm.sums.ac.ir/article_40806_f24dbd60255289910a78fb97e7ac752d.pdf ER -