Behavior of Preventing Complications of Diabetic Mellitus Among Diabetic Mellitus Type 2 at Nakhon Sawan Province

Abstract

This descriptive research study aimed to study selected factors or predictive factors of  behaviors leading to complications of diabetic mellitus among diabetic mellitus type 2. Population consisted of 131 diagnosed diabetic mellitus type 2, and the sample size calculating used Daniel formula for 113 cases, and systematic random sampling was determining for collecting data. Data collected by questionnaires was tested reliability by Cronbach’s coefficient alpha about 0.96. Data analyzed using statistical as Pearson product moment correlation coefficient and Stepwise multiple regression analysis. An analysis showed that, marital status, average income per month, health insurance, health service system, health perception, and cues to action were positive association with behavior of complication’ diabetic mellitus prevention among diabetic mellitus type 2 with statistic significant level 0.05. Moreover, negative association including; age group was significantly (P-value=0.043). Three selected factors including; cues to action, accessibility of health care center and referral system, and average income per month still significantly predicted behavior of complication’ diabetic mellitus prevention among diabetic mellitus type 2. Prediction model analyzed reported that overall selected factors accounted for 40.1% of behavior of complication’ diabetic mellitus prevention.