Foot-Care Self-efficacy Beliefs, Physical Self-Concept and actual Foot-Care Behavior in People with Diabetes Mellitus | ||
| International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention | ||
| Article 2, Volume 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 101-107 PDF (281.14 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Fatemeh Pourhaji1; Mohammad Hossien Delshad* 2; Mohammad Hossien Delshad* 2; Abbas Ali Ammari3; Roya Pourhaji4 | ||
| 1Expert in charge of Health Education, Health Network Pardis, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. | ||
| 2Expert in charge of Development, Health Network Shemiranat, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. | ||
| 3Mashhad university medical sciences, Samen Health Center, Mashhad, Iran. | ||
| 4Department of Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The concept of self efficacy and physical self-concept have been shown to be an effective predictor of behavior in many areas of health. This study investigated the relationships between foot-care self-efficacy beliefs, Physical self-concept, self-reported foot-care behavior in people with diabetes. Methods and Material: This is a cross sectional study in which the 90 diabetic individuals who had been admitted to the diabetic clinic of health centers located in Mashhad- Iran between the years 2015 and 2016 was invited to be entered into the study. The demographic questionnaire and the self-report "Foot Care Confidence Scale" (FCCS) questionnaire and also the self-report Marsh “Physical Self-Description Questionnaire” (PSDQ) were applied to measure data. SPSS 20.0 was used for the analyses. Results: Ninety patients with a mean age of 51.82 ± 11.3 years were assessed. There is the significant association between foot-care self-efficacy beliefs and higher foot care behavior. (r = 0.4, P < 0.05). Also, there was a significant association between physical self-concept and foot-care, so that people who had a better physical self-concept had better foot care behavior. Conclusions: This study has found that foot-care self-efficacy beliefs and physical self-concept improvement could help foot-care behavior improvement among diabetic people. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Physical self-concept; foot-care behavior; Foot-care; Self-efficacy Beliefs | ||
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