TY - JOUR AU - Phetarvut, Supaporn AU - Watthayu, Nantiya AU - Suwonnaroop, Nantawon PY - 2012/09/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Factors Predicting Diabetes Self-management Behavior among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 JF - Nursing Science Journal of Thailand JA - NURS SCI J THAIL VL - 29 IS - 4 SE - Research Papers DO - UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ns/article/view/2840 SP - 18-26 AB - <p><strong>Purpose:</strong> To investigate factors predicting diabetes self-management of patients with diabetesmellitus type 2. The factors could be divided into personal factors (age, gender, and self-efficacy) andinterpersonal factors (family support and patient-provider communication).</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Descriptive research (cross – sectional study).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The study sample consisted of 88 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 who werediagnosed by physicians and no other complications. The subjects who met the inclusion criteria wererecruited by simple random sampling. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multipleregression analysis.</p><p><strong>Main findings: </strong>The findings revealed that diabetes mellitus type 2 patients were mostly female(79.5%), their mean age was 56 years (SD = 11.9 years), and they have had diabetes mellitus type 2 for sixyears (67.1%). With regard to diabetes self-management, it was found that the scores of diabetes selfmanagementof the subjects were at a good level. Altogether, 34.4% (R2 = .344, F = 10.715, p &lt; .001) ofthe variability in diabetes self-management was predicted by age, gender, self-efficacy, family support,and patient-provider communication. Only three of the predictors such as self-efficacy, patient-providercommunication, and age contributed significantly to prediction of diabetes self-management. Genderand family support could not predict diabetes self-management of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.The findings showed that self-efficacy (ß = .509, p &lt; .001) has more influence on diabetes self-management, follow by patient-provider communication (ß = .229, p &lt; .05) and age (ß = - .206, p &lt; .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion and recommendations:</strong> Based on the study findings, it is recommended that activitiesor programs to promote self-efficacy and patient-provider communication for patients with diabetesmellitus type 2 should be developed. Differences in their ages should be taken into account in order toensure appropriateness and effectiveness of the programs on enhancing diabetes self-management of thepatients.</p> ER -