Self–Care Behavior of Type 2 Diabetes Patients at Prankratai Hospital Kamphaeng Phet Province

Abstract

          The purpose of this study was to explore  and analyze factors related to self–care  behavior  and  glycemic  control of  type 2 diabetes patients at Prankratai  Hospital.  The population is  617  diabetic patients.  The sample size was determined by opening a table of 243  Krejcie and Morgan  with a simple random sampling (return draw). Collect data  using questionnaires. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics, Chi–square test. The results showed that Most of the sample were female,  old age,  chubby figure,  low education,  hard work,  low income,  high knowledge of  diabetes  but  still had   problems   with   diabetes   medication.   Which  also  has  to  borrow medicines  when  the medicines  run out as well as  misconceptions  about exercise  because  they  believe   “with  today’s   hardworking   occupation, there is on  time  to  exercise  and  I   think   that   working  every  day  is  a workout.”  They had  moderate  self–care  behaviors  ( = 3.33 ,  SD. = 0.47). In  terms of drug use,  the  average score was lowest  ( = 2.53 ,  SD. = 0.92). Factors   statistically   related   to  self–care   behavior  of   type   2  diabetes patients were occupation  and average monthly income.  Factors that were statistically  related to glycemic  control were  sex,  age,  body  mass  index, education,   time   of   illness,   acquiring   knowledge,  treatment   methods, knowledge  and  belief  patterns of health.  Therefore, health teams need to accelerate  knowledge–understanding  about  diabetes  medication use and self–care behaviors,  especially exercise,  so that patients can act properly.