Factors Associated with Blood Sugar Control Behaviors Among the Type II Diabetic Patients in Nadokmai Tambon Health Promoting Hospital, Nadokmai Sub-district, Plapak District, Nakhon Phanom Province

Abstract

Abstract

          This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to study about the blood sugar control behaviors and factors associated with blood sugar control behaviors among the type II diabetic patients in Nadokmai Tambon Health Promoting Hospital, Nadokmai sub-district, Plapak district, Nakhon Phanom province. The study populations were the type II diabetic patients who lived in the responsible areas of Nadokmai Tambon health promoting hospital and were purposively sampling in totally 146 patients. The research study tools were questionnaire and an in-depth interview. Data were collected between January  and feburary 2024. The quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics; percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The associations were analyzed by an inferential statistics; Chi-square test and Pearson’s correlation. Besides, the qualitative data were analyzed by the content analysis

The study found that the food consumption behavior, the drug use behavior, the follow-up behavior, and the stress management behavior were in the good level, whereas an exercise behavior was in the intermediate level. Factors associated with the blood sugar control behaviors of type II diabetic patients was the location of the diabetic clinic (p = 0.005), while gender, age, married status, occupation, BMI and duration of illness were not associated.  Nevertheless, factors on the health belief model including the perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, and perceived barriers were not associated with the blood sugar control behaviors of type II diabetic patients

Keywords; Diabetes, Blood Sugar Control Behavior, Nadokmai Tambon Health Promoting Hospital