description: This is a AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSONAFB OH report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A451353. The abstract provided by the Pentagon Although people with diabetes are often judged by numbers on a computer screen, tight metabolic control remains the ultimate clinical endpoint (Diabetes control and Complications Trial, 1993). Nurses' understanding of diabetes management coupled with a holistic view of person makes them the optimal professionals to facilitate patient movement toward tight metabolic control. Diabetes knowledge is essential to self-care, but alone is insufficient to produce and maintain behavioral change. psychological determinants of self- care and metabolic control must be explored. Self-efficacy (Bandura, 1977) has demonstrated its importance in behavioral modification but has been minimally investigated in diabetes. This pilot study describes relationships among self- efficacy, self-care, and metabolic control in a convenience sample of six persons with diet and exercise controlled diabetes. Additionally, the study evaluates an integrated multidisciplinary diabetes education program by pre and post measures of these same variables.
language: English
title: Self-Efficacy, Self-Care, and Metabolic Control in Persons with Type 2, Diet and Exercised Controlled Diabetes
titlecomplete: Self-Efficacy, Self-Care, and Metabolic Control in Persons with Type 2, Diet and Exercised Controlled Diabetes
publisher: Storming Media