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Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease and with rapidly increasing prevalence, it requires continuous diabetic care beyond just glycemic control. It needs continuous self-management and multi factorial risk reduction strategies. This study aims to assess the self-care practices of diabetic patients living in Rawalpindi and to determine the relationship of sociodemographic characteristics with their self-care practices.
Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in two private diabetic clinics of Rawalpindi from February to July 2022. A validated structured questionnaire using Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities (SDSCA) scale was administered to assess self-care practices of the study participants. A total of 230 participants through convenience sampling aged 25 to 86 years were recruited in the survey. SPSS version 22 was used to carry out the statistical analysis.
Results: The current study comprised of 107(46.5%) males and 123 (53.5%) females with mean age of 54.85 ±12.41 years. Among them, 65.2% had adequate self-care practices. It was found that marital status (p=0.004), educational status (p=0.002), monthly income (p=0.001) and duration of diabetes (p=0.006) were significantly associated with self-care practices of the participants.
Conclusion: More than half of the participants had adequate self-care practices. Sociodemographic variables like marital status, education, monthly household income and duration of diabetes were significantly associated with the self-care practices of diabetic patients.
Key words: Diabetes Mellitus, Pakistan, Self-Care, Self- Management, Survey
背景:糖尿病是一种慢性疾病,发病率迅速上升,需要持续的糖尿病护理,而不仅仅是控制血糖。它需要持续的自我管理和多因素风险降低战略。本研究旨在评估生活在拉瓦尔品第的糖尿病患者的自我保健行为,并确定社会人口学特征与其自我保健行为的关系。方法:横断面研究于2022年2月至7月在拉瓦尔品第的两家私人糖尿病诊所进行。采用糖尿病自我护理活动摘要(SDSCA)量表对研究参与者的自我护理行为进行评估。通过方便抽样,共招募了230名年龄在25岁至86岁之间的参与者。采用SPSS version 22进行统计分析。结果:男性107例(46.5%),女性123例(53.5%),平均年龄54.85±12.41岁。其中65.2%的人有足够的自我护理习惯。婚姻状况(p=0.004)、受教育程度(p=0.002)、月收入(p=0.001)和糖尿病病程(p=0.006)与自我保健行为显著相关。结论:超过一半的参与者有足够的自我保健实践。婚姻状况、受教育程度、家庭月收入、糖尿病病程等社会人口学变量与糖尿病患者的自我保健行为显著相关。关键词:糖尿病;巴基斯坦;自我护理