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. 2012 Summer;10(3):537-42.
doi: 10.5812/ijem.3932. Epub 2012 Jun 30.

Health locus of control in patients with graves-basedow disease and hashimoto disease and their acceptance of illness

Malgorzata Anna Basinska  1 , Anna Andruszkiewicz
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Health locus of control in patients with graves-basedow disease and hashimoto disease and their acceptance of illness

Malgorzata Anna Basinska et al. Int J Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Summer.

Abstract

Background: Adaptation to a chronic somatic disease depends on a variety of factors, including belief in health locus of control.

Objectives: Correlation between health locus of control and illness acceptance in patients with Graves-Basedow and Hashimoto diseases as well as correlation between health locus of control, illness acceptance, sex, and age.

Patients and methods: THREE METHODS WERE APPLIED: Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scale by K.A. Wallston, B.S. Wallston and R. DeVellis; the Acceptance of Illness Scale by B.J. Felton, T.A. Revenson, and G.A. Hinrichsena; and a personal questionnaire. Two groups were subject to the research: 68 patients with Graves-Basedow disease and 54 patients with Hashimoto disease.

Results: Patients with Graves-Basedow disease, women above all, have their health locus of control in other persons (P = 0,001) and are less inclined to accept their illness (P = 0,005) when compared to patients with Hashimoto disease. A statistically significant correlation occurred between the age of patients and external (i.e., in other persons) health locus of control.

Conclusions: Beliefs in health locus of control and type of illness in female patient group are predictors of illness acceptance (P = 0,0009).

Keywords: Graves Disease; Hashimoto Disease.

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