High levels of self-efficacy in patients with type 2 diabetes attending a tertiary level clinic

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dc.contributor.author Mostert-Wentzel, Karien
dc.contributor.author Nel, C.
dc.contributor.author Van Rooijen, Agatha Johanna
dc.contributor.author Francis, J.
dc.contributor.author Gibbs, G.
dc.contributor.author Hacker, K.
dc.contributor.author Gebert, S.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-23T07:27:28Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-23T07:27:28Z
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.description.abstract Self-management is a vital element in the care of type 2 diabetes patients. In turn, self-efficacy plays a major role in patients’ self-management. Self-efficacy is the patient’s personal judgement of his/her confidence in performing aspects of diabetes self-management. This study investigated the level of self-efficacy of patients attending the Pretoria Academic Hospital Diabetes Clinic, in the light of high levels of re-admission due to complications, suggesting low self-efficacy levels. Eighty type 2 diabetes patients, mean age of 59 years, completed the published IDEALL baseline questionnaire, to establish a self-efficacy score. Relationships between self-efficacy and demographic factors were investigated using the chi-square test. The mean self-efficacy level of the sample population is excellent (mean = 85.44%). Although self-reported self-efficacy levels are excellent, in comparison to the Sarkar study (2006) in which participants only scored “fair”, it is speculated that self-efficacy is not transferred to self-management behaviour in this population. Afrikaans and English speaking participants score significantly better than those from other language categories. There is a positive relationship between self-efficacy and level of education and employment status (tended towards significance with p values of 0.06 and 0.07 respectively). Although self-efficacy scores of clients at this tertiary level outpatient clinic are excellent, further research is necessary to quantify self-management strategies and to correlate these with self-efficacy levels. en_ZA
dc.description.department Physiotherapy en_ZA
dc.description.librarian hb2017 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.sajp.co.za en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Mostert-Wentzel, K, Nel, C, Van Rooijen, AJ, Francis, J, Gibbs, G, Hacker, K & Gebert, S 2008, 'High levels of self-efficacy in patients with type 2 diabetes attending a tertiary level clinic', South African Journal of Physiotherapy, vol. 64, no. 3, pp. 7-11. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0379-6175 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2410-8219 (online)
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58592
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher AOSIS Open Journals en_ZA
dc.rights © 2008. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS OpenJournals. This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. en_ZA
dc.subject Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) en_ZA
dc.subject Self-efficacy en_ZA
dc.subject Physiotherapy en_ZA
dc.subject Physical therapy en_ZA
dc.title High levels of self-efficacy in patients with type 2 diabetes attending a tertiary level clinic en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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