Self-efficacy and self-care behavior of Malaysian patients with type 2 diabetes: A cross sectional survey

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 38-45

  Sharoni, Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad ^a   Wu, Shu Fang Vivienne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Patient(s); Self care; Self efficacy; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84857194738     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2011.00658.x     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Azimah MN, Radzniwan R, Zuhra H, Khairani O. Have we done enough with diabetic education? A pilot study. MFP 2009; 5: 24-30.
2. Bandura A. Self-efficacy. In: Ramachaudran VS (ed.). Encyclopedia of Human Behavior. New York: Academic Press, 1994; 71-81. [Cited 8 February 2010.] Available from URL:
3. Bandura A. Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1997.
4. Burns N, Grove SK. The Practice of Nursing Research: Conduct, Critique, and Utilization (5th edn). St Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders, 2005.
5. Chao J, Nau DP, Aikens JE, Taylor SD. The mediating role of health beliefs in the relationship between depressive symptoms and medication adherence in persons with diabetes. Res. Social Adm. Pharm. 2005; 1: 508-525.
6. Chih AN, Jan CF, Shu SG, Lue BH. Self-efficacy affects blood sugar control among adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. J. Formos. Med. Assoc. 2010; 109: 503-510.
7. Ciechanowski P, Russo J, Katon W etal. Influence of patient attachment style on self-care and outcomes in diabetes. Psychosom. Med. 2004; 66: 720-728.
8. Department of Statistics Malaysia. Malaysian population census. 2010. [Cited 30 July 2010.] Available from URL:
9. Feinglos MN, Bethel MA. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: An Evidence-Based Approach to Practical Management. Durham, NC: Humana Press, 2008.
10. Glasgow RE, La Chance P, Toobert DJ, Brown J, Hampson SE, Riddle MC. Long term effects and costs of brief behavioral dietary intervention delivered in the medical office. Patient Educ. Couns. 1998; 32: 175-184.
11. Glasgow RE, Toobert DJ, Riddle M, Donnelly J, Michell D, Calder D. Diabetes-specific social learning variables and self-care behaviors among persons with type 2 diabetes. Health Psychol. 1989; 8: 285-303.
12. Gribbles Pathology. Clinical information. 2011. [Cited 29 March 2007.] Available from URL:
13. Hurley CC, Shea CA. Self-efficacy: strategy for enhancing diabetes self-care. Diabetes Educ. 1992; 18: 146-150.
14. Johnston-Brooks CH, Lewis MA, Garg S. Self-efficacy impacts self-care and HbA1c in young adults with type I diabetes. Psychosom. Med. 2002; 64: 43-51.
15. King DK, Glasgow RE, Toobert DJ etal. Self-efficacy, problem solving, and social-environmental support are associated with diabetes self-management behaviors. Diabetes Care 2010; 33: 751-753.
16. Lenz ER, Shortridge-Baggett LM. Self-Efficacy in Nursing: Research and Measurement Perspectives. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2002.
17. Leonard J, Boseman L, Vinicor F. Aging Americans and diabetes: a public health and clinical response. Geriatrics 2004; 59: 14-16.
18. Letchuman, GR, Wan Nazaimoon, WM, Wan Mohamad, WB, Chandran, LR, Tee, GH, Jamaiyah, H etal. Prevalence of diabetes in the Malaysian National Health Morbidity Survey III 2006. Med J Malaysia. 2010; 65: 173-179.
19. Mafauzy M. Diabetes mellitus in Malaysia. Med. J. Malaysia 2006; 61: 397-398.
20. Malaysian Diabetes Association. What is diabetes. 2006. [Cited 16 July 2010.] Available from URL:
21. Morris KS, McAuley E, Motl RW. Neighborhood satisfaction, functional limitations, and self-efficacy influences on physical activity in older women. Int. J. Behav. Nutr. Phys. Act. 2008; 5: 13. doi:10.1186/1479-5868-5-13.
22. Nakahara R, Yoshiuchi K, Kumano H, Hara Y, Suematsu H, Kuboki T. Prospective study on influence of psychosocial factors on glycemic control in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes. Psychosomatics 2006; 47: 240-246.
23. Schwarzer R, Jerusalem M. Generalized self-efficacy scale. In: Weinman J, Wright S, Johnston M (eds). Measures in Health Psychology: A User's Portfolio. Causal and Control Beliefs. Windsor: NFER-NELSON, 1995; 35-37.
24. Shi Q, Ostwald SK, Wang S. Improving glycaemic control self-efficacy and glycaemic control behavior in Chinese patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus: randomised control trial. J. Clini. Nurs. 2010; 19: 398-404.
25. Sousa VD, Hartman SW, Miller EH, Carroll MA. New measures of diabetes self-care agency, diabetes self-efficacy and diabetes self-management for insulin-treated individuals with type 2 diabetes. J. Clini. Nurs. 2009; 18: 1305-1312.
26. Toobert DJ, Hampson SE, Glasgow RE. The summary of diabetes self-care activities measure. Diabetes Care 2000; 23: 943-950.
27. van der Bijl JJ, van Poelgeest-Eeltink A, Shortridge-Baggett LM. The psychometric properties of the diabetes management self-efficacy scale for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J. Adv. Nurs. 1999; 30: 352-353.
28. Wang JQ, Shiu TY. Diabetes self-efficacy and self-care behavior of Chinese patients living in Shanghai. J. Clin. Nurs. 2004; 13: 771-772.
29. Wu SF, Courtney M, Edwards H, McDowell J, Shortridge-Baggett LM, Chang JR. Self-efficacy, outcome expectations and self-care behavior in people with type 2 diabetes in Taiwan. J. Clin. Nurs. 2007; 16: 250-257.