Social support, self-efficacy and their correlation among patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A primary care perspective
- Author:
Aneesa Abdul RASHID
1
;
Zuhra HAMZAH
;
Tan CHAI-ENG
Author Information
1. 1Department of Family Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Publication Type:Original Articles
- Keywords:
social support;
self-efficacy;
diabetes;
primary care
- From:
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
2018;73(4):197-201
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Introduction: Social support and self-efficacy are factorsthat influence patients’ health behaviour. However, therelationship between these two factors among patients withType 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) has not been adequatelyexplored. This study aims to report social support and selfefficacy of Malaysian T2DM patients, and their correlations.Methods: This cross-sectional questionnaire study involved329 patients with T2DM who received their follow up at apublic primary care clinic. Patients were selected viasystematic random sampling. Patients self-completedlocally adapted versions of the Medical Outcomes Study(MOS) Social Support Survey and Diabetic Management SelfEfficacy Scale (DMSES). The scores of both tools wereanalysed to determine the association and correlationbetween social support and self-efficacy.Results: The mean score for overall social support was72.7±21.40 score range (0-100). “Affectionate support” wasrated the highest averaged mean score at 78.31±23.71 (scorerange: 0-100). The mean DMSES score was 147.6±35.5(score range :0-200), of which “medications” subscale wasrated the highest with averaged mean scores 9.07±1.67(score range: 0-10). Overall social support and self-efficacywere found to be weakly correlated (r=0.197, p<0.001).However, all subscales of social support were moderatelycorrelated with “medications” subscale of self-efficacy.Conclusion: Social support is significantly associated withpatients’ self-efficacy in handling their own medications.
