Type II Diabetes Mellitus Self-Management Relating Diabetes Distress,Social Support, Self-Efficacy, and Performance of Diabetes Self-Care Activities

Abstract

Introduction: Complications include retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and cardiovascular disease maybecome more likely as a result. Diabetes complications are one of the main reasons why people with diabeteshave higher rates of morbidity and death. Depression is more common in people with diabetes than in peoplewithout the disease.Aims: To investigate how people with Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) undertake diabetes self-care activitiesin connection to their diabetes distress, social support, and self-efficacy.Materials & Methods: The present study was a Cross-Sectional Observational study. This Study wasconducted from One year. Total 410 patients were included in this study.Result: A total of 403 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were included in the study. The mean ageof the participants was 46.29 ± 17.12 years. The majority of the patients (76.90%, n = 310) were under the ageof 60, while 23.10% (n = 93) were aged 60 years or older. Regarding gender distribution, females constituted aslightly higher proportion of the study population, with 55.10% (n = 222), whereas males accounted for 44.90%(n = 181).Conclusion: We came to the conclusion that this study emphasizes how important diabetes distress, socialsupport, and self-efficacy are in determining how people with Type II Diabetes Mellitus manage their condition.Results indicate that the performance of diabetic self-care tasks is positively impacted by greater social support,higher self-efficacy, and less diabetes distress.