An exploratory study of predictors of self-care behaviour in persons with type 2 diabetes

A study exploring the association of attitude and treatment satisfaction with glycaemic level among gestational diabetes mellitus patients

“…Collectively, current study findings suggest that study participants were at at risk of poorer self managment of GDM. Gatt and colleauges, for examaple found that beliefs and atittudes impacted the way participants intened to self manage their diabates, while McCord and coworkers reported that patients who believed that diabetes would not effect their lives seriously were less likely to adhere to treatment plans [16,17].…”

“…However, comparison can be done with studies conducted on type 1 and type 2 DM patients. These studies generally reported that patient's attitude is a strong predictor of subsequent self management behaviours [15,16]. Moreover, patients with lesser appreciation of diabetes feel that diabetes would not have any serious effects and are less likely to adhere to treatment plans resulting in poor glycaemic control [15,17].…”

The Interplay of Diabetes, and Health Self Efficacy, Cognition and Compliance

“…The incorporation of the concept of self--efficacy into almost all major theories of behavior is further evidence of its important role in the behavior change process 18 . In patients with type II diabetes, perceived behavioral control could explain greater adherence to medication taking than to exercise and dietary behavior 16 . This finding indicates the need to consider a patient's, past behavior, what the patient is capable of and what is feasible for the patient in treatment customization.…”

Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in High Risk Patients: Correlates of Quality of Care

“…stališča do življenjskega sloga in obnašanja, subjektivne norme, stopnja samokontrole v obnašanju (35) ter samozaupanje v zmožnost doseganja cilja in z njim povezana motiviranost -oboje predstavlja dejavnik odločitve za spremembo in izvedbo spremembe življenjskega sloga. Na samozaupanje za izvedbo sprememb pa vpliva množica dejavnikov, kot so: lastne izkušnje, stališča, vzorništvo, zavedanje socialnih norm (36,37). Na življenjski slog vplivajo tudi drugi dejavniki, med njimi prehrambne navade, socialne okoliščine (38), zakonski predpisi glede omejevanja prodaje cigaret.…”