Pourhaji, F., Delshad, M., Ammari, A., Pourhaji, R. (2016). Foot-Care Self-efficacy Beliefs, Physical Self-Concept and actual Foot-Care Behavior in People with Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention, 1(3), 101-107.
Fatemeh Pourhaji; Mohammad Hossien Delshad; Abbas Ali Ammari; Roya Pourhaji. "Foot-Care Self-efficacy Beliefs, Physical Self-Concept and actual Foot-Care Behavior in People with Diabetes Mellitus". International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention, 1, 3, 2016, 101-107.
Pourhaji, F., Delshad, M., Ammari, A., Pourhaji, R. (2016). 'Foot-Care Self-efficacy Beliefs, Physical Self-Concept and actual Foot-Care Behavior in People with Diabetes Mellitus', International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention, 1(3), pp. 101-107.
Pourhaji, F., Delshad, M., Ammari, A., Pourhaji, R. Foot-Care Self-efficacy Beliefs, Physical Self-Concept and actual Foot-Care Behavior in People with Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention, 2016; 1(3): 101-107.
Foot-Care Self-efficacy Beliefs, Physical Self-Concept and actual Foot-Care Behavior in People with Diabetes Mellitus
1Expert in charge of Health Education, Health Network Pardis, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2Expert in charge of Development, Health Network Shemiranat, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3Mashhad university medical sciences, Samen Health Center, Mashhad, Iran.
4Department of Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran.
Abstract
Background: The concept of self efficacy and physical self-concept have been shown to be an effective predictor of behavior in many areas of health. This study investigated the relationships between foot-care self-efficacy beliefs, Physical self-concept, self-reported foot-care behavior in people with diabetes. Methods and Material: This is a cross sectional study in which the 90 diabetic individuals who had been admitted to the diabetic clinic of health centers located in Mashhad- Iran between the years 2015 and 2016 was invited to be entered into the study. The demographic questionnaire and the self-report "Foot Care Confidence Scale" (FCCS) questionnaire and also the self-report Marsh “Physical Self-Description Questionnaire” (PSDQ) were applied to measure data. SPSS 20.0 was used for the analyses. Results: Ninety patients with a mean age of 51.82 ± 11.3 years were assessed. There is the significant association between foot-care self-efficacy beliefs and higher foot care behavior. (r = 0.4, P < 0.05). Also, there was a significant association between physical self-concept and foot-care, so that people who had a better physical self-concept had better foot care behavior. Conclusions: This study has found that foot-care self-efficacy beliefs and physical self-concept improvement could help foot-care behavior improvement among diabetic people.
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