ASSESSMENT OF SELF-EFFICACY IN PEOPLE WITH DIABETES MELLITUS

Abstract

Diabetes is one of the most common diseases worldwide. Self-management has the potential to ensure adequate medication intake, reduce the risk of death associated with prediabetes. However, people with diabetes experience difficulties in Self-managing their disease, and failure to perform Self-management actions continues to be a problem that causes acute and chronic complications of diabetes.
Methods and materials. In order to analyze the Self-management of people with diabetes, a quantitative study was conducted, a questionnaire survey. The updated Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire – Revised was used to assess Self-management. A total of 385 people with diabetes were included in the study. The MS Excel 2016 and SPSS 23.0 programs were used to process the obtained research results.
Results. The overall Self-management of the disease in people with type I diabetes is assessed with higher scores compared to patients with type II diabetes (p<0.001). Higher Self-control was found in subjects with higher education and subjects whose glycosylated hemoglobin fluctuated within the normal range, but Self-control decreased with increasing disease duration.
Conclusions. Self-control in patients with type I diabetes is significantly higher than in patients with type II diabetes.