title: Health locus of control and self-care behaviors in diabetic foot patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diabetic foot affects more than 25% of diabetic patients and finally up to 20% of cases result in amputation. The most important factor resulting in severe complications or even death is lack of self-care. Health locus of control has been introduced as one of health factors and predicting factors of self-care. This research was performed for analyzing the correlation between self-care behaviors and health locus of control in diabetic foot patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this descriptive study, 120 patients with diabetic foot were chosen using convenience sampling from endocrine clinic and wards of endocrine and vascular surgery of Teleqani Hospital of Shahid Beheshti Medical University. The data were gathered by demographic, self-care behavior, and health locus of control questionnaires. The t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and spearman coefficient were used to analyze the data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  RESULTS of this research showed that there is a direct and significant relation between selfcare behaviors and internal health locus of control (p<0.001), and also in contrast with chance health locus of control (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We have to consider these factors' role in nursing interventions and patient-care education programs and plans. Probably, interventions and programs that will lead to the strengthening of internal health locus of control improve and strengthen patients' self-care behaviors and their involvement in treatment.
authors.affiliation: MSN, BSN, RN, of Nursing, Academic Member of Saveh University of Medical Sciences & Kaveh Industrial Estate Company, Saveh, Iran. hamid_abredari@yahoo.com .
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abredari
authors.affiliation: PhD in Nursing, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. bolourchifard@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Fariba
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bolourchifard
authors.affiliation: PhD in Nursing, Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Rassouli.m@gmail.com .
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rassouli
authors.affiliation: PhD in Biostatistics, Associate Professor, School of Paramedical, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran. nasiri@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Navideh
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nasiri
authors.affiliation: MSN, BSN, RN, of Nursing, Academic Member of Saveh University of Medical Sciences & Kaveh Industrial Estate Company, Saveh, Iran, Tahermohammad38@yahoo.com .
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taher
authors.affiliation: PhD of Nursing Education, MSN, BSN,RN, Academic Member of Medical-Surgical Department, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran. Abedi.a@ArakMU.ac.ir .
authors.forename: Ahmadreza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abedi
keywords: Diabetic foot; Health locus of control; Self-care behaviors