Diabetes Burden and Self-Efficacy Levels As Determinants of Foot Care Behaviors in Older Adults: Descriptive Comparative Study

Aim: This study aimed to determine foot care behaviors, diabetes burden, and self-efficacy levels of older adults with and without diabetic foot ulcer and to examine the determinants affecting their foot care behaviors. Material and Methods: This descriptive comparative study was included 115 older adults with diabetic foot and 115 older adults without diabetic foot. Descriptive statistics, chi-square test, t test, one way anova, mann whitney u, kruskal wallis test and multiple regression analysis were used in the analysis of the data. Results: Being literate (β=0.674), living in a city (β=0.549), not complying with the diabetes diet (β=0.408), having four chronic diseases (β=0.838), using insulin (β =0.761), not measuring blood glucose level (β=0.398), visiting a doctor once a year or more (β=0.573), not being hospitalized due to diabetes complications in the last year (β =0,789), mean scores for the overall Self-Efficacy Scale (β=0.832) and its subdimensions, mean scores for the overall Elderly Burden Diabetes Scale (β=0.838) and its subdimensions (p