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Introduction: Diabetes has become a global epidemic and no countr y is spared from its negative ... more Introduction:
Diabetes has become a global epidemic and no countr
y is spared from its negative
impacts on their people, healthcare expenditure, na
tional productivity, and quality of life.
Malaysia, a country located in the diabetes hotspot
, is experiencing a rapid growth in diabetic
population. Such growth has already exceeded the es
timation made by the World Health
Organisation (WHO). The demands stemmed from diabet
es have caused huge financial burden to
the Malaysian healthcare system. Furthermore, the o
verall glycaemic control is ranked as
suboptimal indicating that diabetes is not well-con
trolled in Malaysia as well as challenging the
effectiveness of its existing diabetes self-managem
ent education.
Aims & Objectives:
Obtaining a deeper understanding of patients’ attit
udes towards diabetes
management would help in improving the effectivenes
s of the existing diabetes education and
management. Based on Self-Determination Theory, th
is study explored the participants’
psychosocial aspects by examining the strength of e
ach predictor in their self-care activities.
Methods:
This was a cross-sectional study. Eleven scales wer
e used in this survey (which included
emotion management, personal attributions, social s
upports and diabetes knowledge). Purposive
sampling was adopted among 187 adults living with T
ype 2 diabetes in Peninsula Malaysia
through various healthcare entities.
Results:
Pearson’s correlation analysis showed significant a
ssociation between the 10 variables
and diabetes self-care adherence; multiple regressi
on analysis indicated that self-efficacy, anxiety,
and optimism were the useful predictors, accounting
to 13.9% unique contribution to the variance
of self-care index. Besides, diabetes knowledge an
d social supports were not predictive of self-
care activities.
Conclusion:
The findings highlighted the role of competency-bas
ed self-care mastery training and
mental health elements in the diabetes education an
d management could achieve desired adherence o physician’s advice and better management of the
disease. Desired adherence can be achieved
without good level of diabetes knowledge and social
supports amongst adult diabetics
Introduction: Diabetes has become a global epidemic and no countr y is spared from its negative ... more Introduction:
Diabetes has become a global epidemic and no countr
y is spared from its negative
impacts on their people, healthcare expenditure, na
tional productivity, and quality of life.
Malaysia, a country located in the diabetes hotspot
, is experiencing a rapid growth in diabetic
population. Such growth has already exceeded the es
timation made by the World Health
Organisation (WHO). The demands stemmed from diabet
es have caused huge financial burden to
the Malaysian healthcare system. Furthermore, the o
verall glycaemic control is ranked as
suboptimal indicating that diabetes is not well-con
trolled in Malaysia as well as challenging the
effectiveness of its existing diabetes self-managem
ent education.
Aims & Objectives:
Obtaining a deeper understanding of patients’ attit
udes towards diabetes
management would help in improving the effectivenes
s of the existing diabetes education and
management. Based on Self-Determination Theory, th
is study explored the participants’
psychosocial aspects by examining the strength of e
ach predictor in their self-care activities.
Methods:
This was a cross-sectional study. Eleven scales wer
e used in this survey (which included
emotion management, personal attributions, social s
upports and diabetes knowledge). Purposive
sampling was adopted among 187 adults living with T
ype 2 diabetes in Peninsula Malaysia
through various healthcare entities.
Results:
Pearson’s correlation analysis showed significant a
ssociation between the 10 variables
and diabetes self-care adherence; multiple regressi
on analysis indicated that self-efficacy, anxiety,
and optimism were the useful predictors, accounting
to 13.9% unique contribution to the variance
of self-care index. Besides, diabetes knowledge an
d social supports were not predictive of self-
care activities.
Conclusion:
The findings highlighted the role of competency-bas
ed self-care mastery training and
mental health elements in the diabetes education an
d management could achieve desired adherence o physician’s advice and better management of the
disease. Desired adherence can be achieved
without good level of diabetes knowledge and social
supports amongst adult diabetics