Self-Efficacy and Self-Care of Diabetes Mellitus Patient: a Literature Review

Abstract

---- Diabetes mellitus is a chronic illness which needs a long term treatment. Patients could manage their condition with self-efficacy and self-care to avoid complication. This research aimed to explain about self-efficacy and self-care of diabetes mellitus patients. This research methodology was a literature review from 10 articles regarding diabetes mellitus self-efficacy and self-care. The researcher was collecting data from PubMed, Proquest, and Google scholar, using keywords such as self-care in diabetes mellitus, self-confidence in diabetes mellitus. After obtaining the articles, some factors influence in self-care, one of them was confidence. Confidence could be a sign that patients were ready to change their lifestyle and do positive things to control diabetes mellitus. An effective self-care could minimize complication, enhancing confidence and independence in self-care, since self-care was one of the main factors in improving their health. In conclusion, self-care could influence people self-care.