Self-Care Needs and Self-Efficacy Judgements of Selected Filipino Patients with Associated Complications of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus / Sangalang Ace R.

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This study aims to determine the relationship between self-care needs and self-efficacy judgment of selected Filipino patients with associated complication of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in selected government hospital in Bataan. The researcher recruited 108 participants who were chosen using the purposive sampling approach between March-April 2016. The self-care needs of the respondents are generally rated as needed with physical care as the most pressing need (x=3.0574; SD=.7880) followed by spiritual care (x=3.0491; SD=.62151), emotional care (x=2.7889; SD=.6994) and social care (x=2.5204; SD=.58505) respectively. In terms of self-efficacy judgment, respondents can do moderately in all areas of disease management but are most capable in area supporting network (x=3.059; SD=.72650), followed by managing disease in general (x=2.7426; SD=.72675), managing other particular symptoms (x=2.7241; SD=.76324), managing general symptoms (x=2.6333; SD=.67005), getting the information about the disease (x=2.6296; SD=.86125), social and recreational activities (x=2.5500; SD=.74372) and maintaining routine body activities (x=2.4963; SD=.83533). Religious affiliation was found to influence self-care needs particularly emotional care (F=6.007, p<.003), social care (F=7.538, p<.001) and physical care (F=3.900, p<.023). Likewise, monthly family income was found to influence self-efficacy judgment particularly managing disease in general (F=4.939, p<.009), getting information about the disease (F=4.626, p<.012) and supporting network (F=4.376, p<.015). Ultimately, this study reveals a significant relationship between self-care needs and self-efficacy judgment (r=-.440, p<.000), which implies that self-care needs influenced respondents' ability to perform judgment in terms of self-efficacy. Further, a framework model in diabetes care nursing is therefore recommended to be utilized by health care professionals which concentrates on most needed areas of self-care and self-efficacy judgment as revealed by this study.