Diabetes diagnostic indexes and self efficacy of diabetic patients referred to Nader Kazemi center, Shiraz

Diabetes: diagnostic indexes and self efficacy of diabetic patients referred to Nader Kazemi center, Shiraz 2006 Sabet Sarvestani1 R (MSc.) - Hadian Shirazi2 Z (B.Sc). Diabetes as a chronic disease demands special self care behaviors lifelong. Self efficacy is a basis for promoting self care behaviors in diabetes which play a major role in treatment and control of the complications. The study aimed at assessing the self efficacy of diabetic patients and its related factors. This cross sectional study was conducted with 100 diabetic patients, recruited through simple random allocation. Data were collected using the DMSES Questionnaire as well as checking FBS and HbA1c at the laboratory of the center. All statistics were computed using the SPSS software (P-value<0.05). Correlation between self efficacy [with a mean score of high: 147(11%), medium: 89(36%) and low: 57 (53%)] and diabetes diagnostic index (HbA1c= 10.24) was negatively significant (r=0.76). It was also significant differences between single and married as well as educated and illiterate persons regarding their self efficacy scores. Self efficacy in diabetic patients is not at a desirable level which needs to be promoted within self care programs. Key words: Self efficacy, Self management, Diabetes