The Factors Related to Food Consumption Behaviors of Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Bang Yai District, Nonthaburi Province

Abstract

This study is the survey research. The objectives were to study the practical knowledges, attitudes and food consumption behaviors of Type 2 diabetic patients and to study the factors related to food consumption behaviors of Type 2 diabetic patients.                The study sample consisted of diabetic patients who registered with Sub–district health promoting hospitals in Bang Yai District, 9 places, 212 patients whose blood sugar level from fingertip piercing was in uncontrollable with a sugar value from 155 mg/dL or more. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentage, mean and standard deviation. And analyzed the correlations between sexes, ages, occupations, educations, incomes, durations of illness, blood sugar levels, knowledges of food consumption and attitudes about food consumption with Chi-square inferential statistics.

The result showed that the diabetic patients had knowledges of food consumption were at a moderate level of 71.2 % and at a high level of 25.5 %. Attitudes about food consumption were at a good level of 57.1 %. Food consumption behaviors were at a high level of 88.2 % and at a moderate level of 11.8 %. The correlation between factors and food consumption behaviors of Type 2 diabetic patients found that the factors of personal information and food consumption behaviors in parts of ages and educations were related to food consumption behaviors of Type 2 diabetic patients with statistically significant (p<0.05). Knowledges about food consumption were not related to food consumption behaviors of Type 2 diabetic patients at a statistically significant level (p<0.05).