Association between Health Locus of Control, Self-care and Self-efficacy in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to find out the association between health locus of control, self efficacy and self care abilities. Methods: This study is a descriptive; correlation study was done to 120 hemodialysis patients. The study was conducted at the Nephrology Hemodialysis Units of the Specialized Ain Shams Hospital, and Ain Shams University Hospitals. The data collection tools included: Interview questionnaire sheet, Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scale, The Chronic kidney Disease Self-Efficacy (CKD-SE) Instrument and Hemodialysis patients’ self-care measurement scale. Results: the mean age of hemodialysis patientswas 32.08± 7.66 and more than half of patients undergoing dialysis for 3- <5 years. More half of the health locus of control and self care abilities, only less than half of them 48.3% have a complete self efficacy. There was high significant relation among health locus of control, self efficacy and self care abilities. And also between self efficacy and self care abilities. Conclusions: Hemodialysis patients with high locus of control have high level of self efficacy and desirable level of self care abilities.