Factors Related to Type 2 Diabetes Self-Care

AuthorSeyyed Mohammad Taghi Ayatollahien
AuthorLeila Malekmakanen
AuthorMearab Sayadien
AuthorSadeq Karami Daranjanien
OrcidLeila Malekmakan [0000-0002-3868-9523]en
OrcidMearab Sayadi [0000-0003-2575-790X]en
Issued Date2019-12-17en
AbstractBackground: Diabetes mellitus (DM), as a common metabolic disorder, is a manageable disease by self-care and blood sugar control. Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the factors related to diabetes self-care and control measures. Methods: It is an analytical cross-sectional study conducted on a convenience sample of 310 type 2 DM patients referring to the centers of the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Self-care behavior data were collected using the self-care scale of Toobert and Glasgow from January to April 2017. Data were analyzed using SPSS and the significance level was set at 5%. Results: In this study, 310 patients with a mean age of 52.11 ± 8.20 were investigated (men: n = 91; 29.4%). Significant relationships were observed between self-care and education level (P = 0.020) and job (P = 0.005). Also, a significant inverse relationship was observed between diabetes control and physical activity, weight management, and self-care (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The results showed that the education level and job could increase self-care, especially in weight management and physical activity domains; therefore, the improvement of these factors would result in better control of diabetes. In terms of job, retired people had more self-care, which could be due to their education level and having enough time for these actions.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5812/zjrms.96207en
URIhttps://brieflands.com/journals/zjrms/articles/96207en
KeywordDiabetes Mellitusen
KeywordSelf-Careen
KeywordType 2 Diabetesen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleFactors Related to Type 2 Diabetes Self-Careen
TypeResearch Articleen

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