The Factors Affecting Self Care Of Type-2 Diabetes Patients In Medan Johor

Abstract

Self care of type 2 diabetes patient is the patients’ ability to do a self care to meet their basic needs as well as to maintain their health. The main purpose of self care of type 2 diabetes patient to control a good metabolic status, minimize complication and achive a good quality of life. The aimed of this research was to analyze factors affecting the self care of type 2 diabetes patients. This study was a cross sectional analytic, recruited 50 respondents which was chosen by accidental sampling technique. Statistical analysis used for this study was spearman correlation for bivariate analysis and multiple linear regression for multivariate analysis. The results showed that the period of suffering, complication, knowledge, family supports were not associated with self care of type 2 diabetes patient’s. There were relationships between self efficacy and self care (p value 0,001). Self-efficacy became the main factor which affected self care. People with good self efficacy had chance 0.6 times more to show a good self care than people with average self-efficacy. A type 2 diabetes patients with high self-efficacy able to perform self-care behaviors, and self-care behavior will directly be able to control blood glucose levels. It is recommended that nurses would be able to enhance self care of type 2 diabetes patients while providing nursing treatment by trying to increase patients’ self efficacy through developing structured educational programmes and facilitating the social support.