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The Relationship Between Health Behavior and Psychological Stress of Diabetic Patients in Yogyakara, Indonesia

Friday, July 15, 2011: 2:25 PM

Sakiko Kanbara, RN, PHN, PhD
School of Nursing, University of KindaiHimeji, Himeji, Japan

Learning Objective 1: The learner will be able to know tailoring interventions to match the community status is important for health education.

Learning Objective 2: The learner will be able to study the relationship between spiritual well-being, seeking treatment behavior in diabetic in one of Asian country

There are several reasons why it is important to measure psychological outcomes in diabetes care. Improved metabolic control may contribute to improved psychological well-being and vice versa, but a positive correlation cannot be assumed The objective of this study was to identify the relationship between spiritual well-being, seeking treatment behavior in diabetic patient population in the context of other common risk factors for emotional distress.

The patients over 20 years of age eligible for the study if they had been diagnoses Type 2 diabetes in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The investigators obtained written informed consent from individual patient and asked them to complete the questionnaire. We used brief questionnaire to assess their socio-cultural status, cure & care behavior which included drink JAMU, how to go to hospital. The data were analyzed by using Kruskal-Wallis test.

Of the 95 individuals completed the questionnaire, the mean (S.D) of age was 58.3 (11.4), 80% of them were Muslim. Our data indicated that income and habitat were determinants of self-management of diabetes. However, additional research examining the psychosocial and functional factors mitigating these attitudes, and the stability of these attitudes, needs to be performed. According to socio-cultural factors, we believe that tailoring interventions to match the community status is important for health education.

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