Foot-Care Self Efficacy Beliefs, Physical Self-Concept and Actual Foot-Care Behavior in People with Diabetes Mellitus

In 2014 the global prevalence of diabetes was estimated to be 9% among adults aged 18 years. 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.
Material and This is a descriptive-analytical . The participants of this study consisted of 90 People who had been admitted to the Diabetic Clinic of health centers at any time from the years 2015 to 2016 were invited to participate, Mashhad- Iran. The patients were randomly. The demographic questionnaire and To measure foot-care self-efficacy beliefs each participant completed the self-report "Foot Care Confidence Scale" (FCCS) questionnaire and to measure Physical self-concept each participant completed the self-report Marsh “Physical Self-Description Questionnaire” (PSDQ).
SPSS 20.0 was used for the analyses. To determine the relationship of FCCS scores with both preventative and potentially damaging behavior scores the Pearson product-moment coefficient of correlation was determined in each case. For these correlation analyses, an α ninety patients, with a mean age of 51.82 ± 11.3 years. There is the significant association between foot-care and self-efficacy beliefs and higher foot care behavior. (r=0.4,p The results suggested the management of people with diabetes disease problems must take place in a context that includes consideration of psychosocial and behavioral factors in addition to patho physiological factors. However, this study has found that it is unlikely that the evaluation of foot-care self-efficacy beliefs and Physical self-concept were particularly useful in assessing the actual foot-care behavior of people with diabetes and loss of protective sensation in their feet. Detailed Semi-experimental research and educational interventions is now required to definitively determine the relationship between self-efficacy beliefs and Physical self-concept and the incidence of foot-care behavior of people with diabetes.