The Relative Factors of Self-Care Behaviors of Diabetes Mellitus Patients in Mae Chan District, Chiang Rai

Abstract

This descriptive study aimed to study the relationship between 3 factors of self-care behaviors of diabetes mellitus patients in Mae Chan district, Chiang Rai. These factors are predisposing factors, enabling factors and reinforcing factors. The research samples were selected by Stratified Random Sampling of 288 patients with diabetes mellitus from 17 health promoting hospital in Mae Chan district, Chiang Rai. Questionnaire was a tool for this research. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage standard deviation and pearson correlation coefficient was used to analyze correlation among the factors. The study found that the level of overall self-care behaviors of diabetes mellitus patients were high ( =3.79, SD=0.50) and predisposing factors, enabling factors and reinforcing factors were positively correlated with self-care behaviors of diabetes mellitus patients at 0.05 level of statistical significance. The correlations between predisposing, enabling and reinforcing factors with self-care behaviors of diabetes mellitus patients were (r<0.30) (r=0.30-0.70) and (r=0.30-0.70), respectively.