Poster Presentation
Thursday, 20 July 2006
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Thursday, 20 July 2006
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The Factors of Self-Efficacy on Depression of Diabetes
MeiFang Chang, RN, Medical Education Department, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
| Learning Objective #1: The learner will be able to identify the relationship and importance of self-efficacy and depression for Type II diabetes patients. |
| Learning Objective #2: The learner will be able to explore a better support system to assist decreasing the rate of depression for Type II diabetes patients. |
Diabetes has been rank fourth in the top ten causes of death in Taiwan the depression resulted from it has been the reason that influence health. However, there are limited research examined the relationships between depression and self-efficacy in diabetes. By analyzing the relationships between depression and self-efficacy in diabetes, the researcher aims to improve their emotional disturbance and health status, and to start diabetic prevention treatment at earlier stage in order to promote a better healthy status and higher quality of life.The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships and predictors between demographic variables, depression and self-efficacy in a group of Type II diabetes patients. This study is based on a purposive sampling study. The instrument used in this study included Zeng’s psychology scale and chronic disease self-efficacy scale. The participants are 143 Endocrinology and Metabolism outpatients’ , diagnosed as Type II diabetes and with no physician-diagnosed mental disorder from Oct. 3rd to Oct. 10th, 2005. All data were processed and analyzed using the SPSS for Windows 10.0. Statistic methods included mean, percentile, independent sample t-test, paired t-test, chi-square, and multiple-regression. 31.5% of the participants reported depression, and 22.4% reported anxiety. Analyses revealed that self-efficacy was significantly related to marital status, whether or not actively seeking diabetes related information, blood sugar, education, income satisfaction, satisfaction for family life and social life. Results demonstrate a negative relationship between depression and self-efficacy. The best predictor factors for depression of Type II diabetes are age, marital status, satisfaction for family life and social life, self-management ability, depression control and management which explained 50.7% of the variability. The results can assist nurses to develop an appropriate health care needs plan and health education for Type II diabetes patients.
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