TY - JOUR AU - damrongphong, weerasak PY - 2022/07/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Factors Associated with Self-care Behaviors of Type 2 Diabetes Patients at Sai Ngam Hospital, Kamphaeng Phet Province JF - Journal of Disease and Health Risk DPC.3 JA - JDPC3 VL - 16 IS - 2 SE - Researce Article DO - UR - https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JDPC3/article/view/255660 SP - 51-63 AB - <p>Diabetes is a chronic disease that is increasingly found every year. Patient self-care behavior affects disease control and contributes to the burden of disease on the community and country. The purpose of this research was to analyze factors affecting self-care behaviors of type 2 diabetes patients at Sai Ngam Hospital, Kamphaeng Phet Province. The sample group was 400 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The research instrument was a questionnaire. Descriptive statistical analysis and linear multiple-step regression statistics. The results of the study found that self-care behaviors of diabetic patients were at a moderate level. The leading, contributing, and complementary factors have a positive correlation factor with the self-behaviors of diabetic patients statistically significant. The perceived severity of diabetes, access to health services, and receiving social support from family members can predict the self-care behaviors of type 2 diabetes patients at 78.2 percent. Therefore, policymakers should adopt the results from this study for panning policy and develop a health education program for the support and promotion of the correct and proper self-care behaviors of type 2 diabetes patients.</p> ER -