TY  - JOUR
T1  - Factors Associated with Diabetes Self-Efficacy among Koreans
AU - Seo, Kawoun AU - Park, Keumok AU - Kim, Bohyun AU - Song, Youngshin 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 22
SP  - 5875
EP  - 5879
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.5875.5879
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.5875.5879
KW  - Diabetes mellitus
KW  -self-efficacy
KW  -health care provider
KW  -support
KW  -communication
KW  -personal factors
AB  - This study was designed to investigate the effects of the communication competence of and support
from health care providers on the diabetes self-efficacy of Korean patients. A cross-sectional descriptive study
was conducted. The 303 study participants were recruited from among all diabetes patients who were
endocrinology outpatients of C university hospital. The data analysis included measurements of descriptive
statistics, Pearson’s correlation coefficients and multivariate analysis using SPSS 22.0. The three models
extracted during the hierarchical regression analysis were tested to determine the predictors of diabetes
self-efficacy. The findings showed positive associations among health care provider communication, support
from health care providers and diabetes self-efficacy. In the first model, personal factors such as age and
religion were significant and accounted for 2.4% of the variance whereas age, religion, admission experiences
and diabetes education were the key factors in the second model, accounting for 6.9% of the variance. Finally,
when personal factors, health care provider communication and support from health care providers were entered
into the final model having a spouse (β = -0.123, p = 0.040) strong religious beliefs (β = 0.142, p = 0.018) and
support from health care providers were all significant. This final model which included both personal factors
and main variables, accounted for 15.6% of the variance. Support from health care providers was an important
factor in diabetes self-efficacy. Therefore, health care providers should make efforts to more fully understand
the factors influencing patient’s self-efficacy in diabetes management and provide support thereof.
ER  -