Melba Sheila D’Souza|Subrahmanya Nairy Karkada|Kader Parahoo|Ramesh Venkatesaperumal|Susan Achora|Arcalyd Rose Ramos Cayaban
Self-efficacy and self-care behaviours among adults with type 2 diabetes
Sultan Qaboos University|College of Applied Sciences, Nizwa|Sultan Qaboos University|Sultan Qaboos University|Sultan Qaboos University
type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm impact individuals health influenced glycemic controlto examine relationship glycemic control demographic clinical factors selfefficacy selfcare behaviours among adults t2dma correlational descriptive study used one hundred forty omani adults t2dm recruited public hospitaldata selfefficacy selfcare behaviours glycemic control collected april july 2016 study approved college ethics committee hospital board bivariate multivariate analyses conductedmost adults fasting blood glucose 72mmoll 907 majority demonstrating uncontrolled poor hba1c 8 65 variance selfcare behaviour 206 313 variance selfefficacy explained age duration diabetes medication hba1c prevention activities livingadults t2dm poor glycemic control probable poor selfefficacy selfcare behaviours glycemic control effect improving diet exercise medication foot care efficacy behavioursthe study recommends using findings plan selfefficacy selfcare behaviour improve glycemic control among adults t2dm