Poster Presentation
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM
Thursday, July 10, 2008
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Thursday, July 10, 2008
2:30 PM - 3:15 PM
Resilience, Social Support, and Self-Care Behaviour in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Min Feng Huang, RN, MSN1, Mary Courtney, PhD1, Helen Edwards, PhD1, and Jan McDowell, PhD2. (1) School of Nursing, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, (2) Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Centre for Health Research (Nursing), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
| Learning Objective #1: understand the relationship between resilience and social support in adults with diabetes. |
| Learning Objective #2: understand the relationship between resilience and diabetes-related self-care behaviour in adults with diabetes. |
Background: People with diabetes have reported more psychological distress due to complex complications and day-to-day management demands. Resilience is an individual's capacity to maintain physical and psychological well-being. However, studies into the investigation of the relationship between resilience and adaptive outcomes in adults with diabetes are scarce. Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among personal characteristics, social support, resilience, and self-care behaviour in adults with type 2 diabetes. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a self-administered questionnaire. Participants consisted of 250 adults with type 2 diabetes attending endocrine outpatient departments (OPD) of three hospitals in Taiwan. Pearson product moment correlation and hierarchical regression were analysed for the study. Findings: Results indicated that social support was significantly and positively correlated with resilience (r=0.55, p<0.01) and self-care behaviour (r=0.28, p<0.05). In addition, resilience was significantly and positively correlated with self-care behaviour (r=0.30, p<0.01). A total of 24.0% of variance in self-care behaviour can be explained by age and resilience. Conclusions: The findings suggest that resilience is an important factor that associates with social support and self-care behaviour in adults with type 2 diabetes. The results of this study can further facilitate nurses in providing support, information, and intervention programs among people with diabetes.