Azylina Gunggu|Chang Ching Thon|Cheah Whye Lian
Predictors of Diabetes Self-Management among Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|Universiti Malaysia Sarawak|Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
diabetes mellitus public health concern malaysia treatment diabetes costly lead complications disease poorly controlled diabetes selfmanagement dsm found essential optimal glycemic control crosssectional study conducted among samples four randomly selected diabetes clinics sarawak malaysia aim determine predictors dsm facetoface interview using questionnaire used collect data four hundred respondents type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm recruited majority respondents sarawak bumiputra iban bidayuh 486 female 686 mean age 5877 years sd 1146 approximately half respondents 506 t2dm six years sd 446 mean fasting blood glucose fbg 806 mmoll sd 294 majority 761 level higher 61 mmoll multiple logistic regression tests showed significant linear relationship dsm belief treatment effectiveness p 0001 family support p 0007 selfefficacy p 0027 health care personnel must convince patients t2dm effectiveness treatment empower enhance selfefficacy enlist family support ensure patients sustain dsm efforts