Chance health locus of control beliefs in Hindu Nepali patients following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction relates to perceived sports knee function and symptoms.

Conclusion: Following primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, Hindu patients from Nepal displayed strong relationships between perceived knee function and symptoms and the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control chance subscale. Identification and targeting the beliefs of patients may be clinically important to facilitating positive treatment progression and behavioral changes during post-surgical rehabilitation programs. Further studies are needed to determine how medical and rehabilitation clinicians who provide care to patients from eastern, collectivist cultures can optimize healthcare strategies for patients with sociocultural or religious/spirituality influences that possess strong chance or luck beliefs.Implications for RehabilitationFollowing primary anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, Hindu patients from Nepal displayed strong relationships between perceived knee function and chance health locus of control beliefs.Identification and targeting the health locus of control beliefs of patients may be clinically important to facilitating positive treatment progression and behavioral changes during post-surgical rehabilitation programs.Medical and rehabilitation professionals need to become more aware of how a patient's religious or spiritual beliefs may conflict with healthcare instructions, or, alternatively, could be better harnessed to facilitate improved program adherence.
PMID: 32017638 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 3, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Nyland J, Parajuli K, Singh R, Gautam A, Smith A, Pandey C Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research