RELATIONSHIP BETWEEH HEALTH LOCUS OF CONTROL, MEMORY, AND PHYSICIAN – PATIENT RELATIONSHIP WITH ATISFACTION OF TREATMENT IN TYPE II DIABETIC PATIENTS

One of the factors in evaluating health care quality is assessing treatment
satisfaction of patient with type Ȇ diabetes. This study was aimed to investigate the relationship
between health locus of control, memory and physician-patient relationship with satisfaction of
treatment.
Materials & Methods: In this correlation study 115 patients with type Ȇ diabetes, who referred to
Tabriz Sina hospital in June-August 2010, were included. The samples filled the following five
questionnaires: demographic questions, patient-doctor relationship questionnaire (PDRQ-19), patient
satisfaction questionnaire (PSQ-18), prospective and retrospective memory questionnaire (PRMQ),
and multidimensional health locus of control (MHLC). The data were analyzed through Pearson’s
correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis methods.
Results: The results indicated that there was a positive significant relation between external health
locus of control and desired physician- patient relationship with satisfaction of treatment in patients
with type Ȇ diabetes. However, the findings indicated no significant association between memory with
satisfaction of treatment. In addition, physician-patient relationship had a significant power for
prediction of treatment satisfaction.
Conclusion: These results support the idea that patients with type Ȇ diabetes who had external health
locus of control and desired relationship with their physicians were more satisfied with the treatment.
Finally, desired physician- patient relationship potentially leads to better satisfaction of the treatment