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Adherence to self‐care and social support
Author(s) -
Toljamo Maisa,
Hentinen Maija
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.2001.00520.x
Subject(s) - neglect , social support , self care , logistic regression , psychology , medicine , metabolic control analysis , contingency table , gerontology , diabetes mellitus , clinical psychology , nursing , health care , social psychology , statistics , mathematics , endocrinology , economics , economic growth
• The purpose of the study reported in this paper was to describe adherence to self‐care, perceived difficulties and social support in a group of adult patients ( n =213) with insulin‐treated diabetes from two outpatient clinics in Northern Finland. • Data were collected by questionnaire. The instruments were developed to measure adherence to self‐care, difficulties in self‐care and social support. The response rate was 76%. • One‐way ANOVA , logistic regression analysis, contingency and Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used in the statistical analysis. • A fifth of the respondents were neglecting their self‐care. The others undertook flexible, regimen‐adherent or self‐planned self‐care. • The subjects had no difficulties with insulin treatment, but had more problems with other aspects of self‐care. • Poor metabolic control, smoking and living alone predicted neglect of self‐care, but if patients had support from family and friends, living alone was not a predictor of neglect of self‐care. • Those with poor metabolic control perceived themselves as getting peer support from other persons with diabetes.