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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 |