Relationships among self-care agency, self-efficacy, self-care, and glycemic control.
Costly complications of diabetes often arise from poor glycemic control. Appropriate diabetes self-care management may improve control. This study examined whether self-care management affects glycemic control and mediates relationships between self-efficacy and self-care agency with glycemic control. In a cross-sectional correlational design, data from a prior study of 141 insulin-requiring adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes were examined using descriptive statistics, Pearson's correlation, and multiple hierarchical regression. Findings indicated that greater self-care agency and self-efficacy lead to greater self-care management, in turn leading to better glycemic control. Self-care management did not mediate between self-efficacy or self-care agency and glycemic control. Thus, beliefs or capabilities for self-care are insufficient to improve glycemic control; doing so requires self-care management.
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- Self Efficacy
- Self Care
- Regression Analysis
- Multivariate Analysis
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Internal-External Control
- Humans
- Glycated Hemoglobin
- Female
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Published In
DOI
ISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Related Subject Headings
- Self Efficacy
- Self Care
- Regression Analysis
- Multivariate Analysis
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Internal-External Control
- Humans
- Glycated Hemoglobin
- Female