Relationship Between Self - Efficacy and Self - Care Behaviors Of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Attending the Diabetes Clinic at Nakhon Pathom Hospital, Mueang Nakhon Pathhom District, Nakhon Pathom Province

Abstract

This descriptive study aimed to examine the relationship between self-efficacy perception and self-care behaviors among patients with type 2 diabetes who attended the Diabetes Clinic at Nakhon Pathom Hospital, Mueang Nakhon Pathom District, Nakhon Pathom Province. A total of 120 patients participated. Data were collected using two questionnaires: a self-efficacy perception questionnaire and a self-care behavior questionnaire. Both instruments were reviewed by three experts; item-objective congruence (IOC) values ranged from 0.67 to 1.00. Reliability coefficients (Cronbach’s alpha) were 0.80 and 0.79, respectively. Data were analyzed using percentages, means, standard deviations, and the chi-square test. The results indicated that:

Self-efficacy perception was significantly associated with self-care behaviors among patients with type 2 diabetes attending the clinic, at the 0.05 significance level, both for the overall scores and for the individual domains.

It is recommended that staff and relevant agencies emphasize proper diabetes self-management by organizing health-education training programs to improve the skills of healthcare personnel in communicating health information effectively and to raise awareness about the importance of diabetes management.