Open Access<p>Exploring the Factors Affecting Bitter Melon Peptide Intake Behavior: A Health Belief Model Perspective</p>
Author(s) -
FengChuan Pan,
Pang-Kuei Hsu,
WeiHsiu Chang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s274154
Subject(s) - health belief model , medicine , structural equation modeling , self efficacy , analysis of variance , diabetes mellitus , psychology , demography , environmental health , clinical psychology , social psychology , endocrinology , health education , public health , statistics , nursing , mathematics , sociology
Diabetes mellitus (DM) patients need to control their blood sugar level in order to achieve a good quality of life. This study was conducted using the health belief model (HBM), to explore the factors behind the bitter melon peptide (BMP) intake behavior and the role of self-efficacy in the model.