Self-Care Behaviors of Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attended in Hun Na Ngam Sub-District Health Promoting Hospital, Sribunruang District, Nong Bua Lamphu Province

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess self-care behavior of type II diabetes mellitus patients. It was conducted as a descriptive study from June to July 2015. The samples were 89 type II diabetes mellitus patients registered under the responsibility of Hun Na Ngam Sub-district health promoting hos­pital, Sribunruang District, Nong Bua Lamphu Province. They were selected by simple random sampling. Data were collected through direct interview, and were analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics: Pearson’s product moment correlation. It was found that most patients were female (62.9%) (Mean=58.8, SD=11.0), single (80.9%), had primary education (82.0%), and work as farmers (64.0%). Their overall knowledge on self-care was at medium level (Mean=22.7, SD=3.4) with high level of overall attitude (Mean=2.6, SD=0.3). Their self-care behavior was at high level (Mean=2.6, SD=0.3). In addition, it was found that overall knowledge and attitude were significantly correlated with self-care behavior, (r=0.37, p<0.001) and (r=0.43, p<0.001), respectively. Therefore, responsible health personnel should put more efforts to improve knowledge and understanding of the type II diabetes patients in order to promote proper self-care behavior so as to achieve high quality and sustainable health care for patients with type II diabetes.