Self-management behavior among older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension in primary care cluster Saraburi Province
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Background: Diabetes mellitus type 2 occurs mainly in older adults, most of whom also have hypertension. Various complications occur in patients who cannot control their blood glucose levels. Self-management is an activity that patients perform to control the disease and its complications.
Objective: To study self-management behaviors of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension in a primary care cluster in Saraburi province.
Methods: This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Data were collected from 336 older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension who were treated at a primary care center in Saraburi province. The instruments consisted of the Patient Information Questionnaire and the Self-Management Behavior Questionnaire with a Chronbach alpha coefficient of .70. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results: It was found that most participants had overall self-management at a moderate level, followed by poor and good self-management in 58.93%, 25.60%, and 15.47% of participants, respectively. The results showed that self-management in the areas of nutrition, foot care, and emotions were at a moderate level. Drug use was at a good level and exercise was at a poor level.
Conclusions: The participants had overall of self-management at a moderate level. They had poor self-management in exercise. Therefore, patients should be encouraged to improve self-management in exercise, diet, foot care, emotion management, and medication adherence.
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