Self-care activities among type 2 diabetes mellitus and glycaemic control in klinik pakar Perubatan, Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia
The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to determine the self-care activities among type 2 diabetes mellitus and glycaemic control at Klinik Pakar Perubatan (KPP), Hospital USM. The health belief model was used as the theoretical framework of the study. 140 patients who were diagnosed with t...
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Format: | Monograph |
Language: | English |
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
2013
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Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/56325/1/ROZILAN%20BINTI%20MAMAT%20-%20e.pdf http://eprints.usm.my/56325/ |
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Summary: | The purpose of this cross-sectional study is to determine the self-care activities
among type 2 diabetes mellitus and glycaemic control at Klinik Pakar Perubatan (KPP),
Hospital USM. The health belief model was used as the theoretical framework of the
study. 140 patients who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus were allocated into
this study. Before they enroll in this study, respondents were consented and being
informed regarding the protocol of the study. A pilot study had been done among 30
respondents to check the reliability and validity of the study. Fasting blood sugar
especially on HbAlc was also measured as the baseline’s data. Score of self-care
activities was evaluated during the data analysis. The Spearman’s and Pearson correlation
were used to test whether there was any significant association between score of self care
activities practices and glycaemic control which involved the FBS and HbAlc. Before
performing the analysis, data was tested in term of normality and fulfill several
assumptions of correlation test. Then, the analysis shows that there was a significant
association (p<0.05) with the negative correlation since r value were -0.468 for FBS and -
0.475 for HbAlc. The findings showed that majority of the respondents (61.4%) practice
moderate self-care activities. Significant association was found between age, gender,
educational and marital status to the self-care practices among type 2 diabetic patients.
There is a need for health care professional to empower the knowledge and awareness of
diabetic patients towards self-care activities. It is hope that this study will help to expand
the knowledge and serve as a reference to help improve the management of diabetes in
Malaysia as well as improve nursing service and related research. |
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