Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni|Hejar Abdul Rahman|Halimatus Sakdiah Minhat|Shariff?Ghazali Sazlina|Mohd Hanafi Azman Ong
The effects of self-efficacy enhancing program on foot self-care behaviour of older adults with diabetes: A randomised controlled trial in elderly care facility, Peninsular Malaysia
Universiti Teknologi MARA|Universiti Putra Malaysia|Universiti Putra Malaysia|Universiti Putra Malaysia|Universiti Putra Malaysia|Universiti Teknologi MARA
background selfcare behaviour essential preventing diabetes foot problems study aimed evaluate effectiveness health education programs based selfefficacy theory foot selfcare behaviour older adults diabetes methods randomised controlled trial conducted 12 weeks among older adults diabetes elderly care facility peninsular malaysia six elderly care facility randomly allocated independent person two groups intervention control intervention group three elderly care facility received health education program foot selfcare behaviour control group three elderly care facility received standard care participants assessed baseline week4 week12 followups primary outcome footselfcare behaviour foot care selfefficacy efficacy expectation foot care outcome expectation knowledge foot care quality life secondary outcomes data analysed mixed design analysis variance using statistical package social sciences version 220 results 184 respondents recruited 76 met selection criteria included analysis foot selfcare behaviour foot care selfefficacy efficacy expectation foot care outcome expectation knowledge foot care improved intervention group compared control group p 005 however improvements significantly differ compared control group qol physical symptoms qol psychosocial functioning p 005 conclusion selfefficacy enhancing program improved foot selfcare behaviour respect delivered program expected future selfefficacy theory incorporated diabetes education enhance foot selfcare behaviour elderly diabetes living institutional care facilities trial registration australian new zealand clinical trial registry actrn12616000210471