HEALTH BELIEF RELATED TO BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL AMONG PATIENTS WITH DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE II IN KUT CHIK SUBDISTRICT, MUEANG DISTRICT, NONGBUA LAMPHU PROVINCE.

Abstract

This study aimed to study the health beliefs associated with glycemic control in patients with diabetes Mellitus type II in Kut Chik subdistrict, Mueang district, Nongbua Lamphu Province. The research was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The subjects were 53 type 2 diabetic patients who were treated at the diabetes clinic at Ban Yang Luang Health Promotion Hospital, Kut Chik subdistrict, Mueang district, Nongbua Lamphu Province. The data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. That is, to analyze the relationship between health beliefs to control sugar levels in the patient's blood samples by Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The results of the study revealed that the factors of personal characteristics, age, had a low level of significantly negative correlation with the control of blood glucose level in type 2 diabetic patients (r = - 0.275, p-value = 0.047). In addition, overall in terms of health beliefs, there was a moderate level of significantly negative correlation with patients' blood glucose control (r = -0.410, p-value = 0.002). Perceived risk of complications of diabetes had a moderate level of significant correlation with the patient's blood glucose control (r = - 0.494, p-value ≤ 0.001). Perceived benefits of glycemic control had a moderate level of significantly negative relationship with patients' blood glucose control (r = - 0.389, p-value = 0.004). Perceptions of the severity of diabetes had low negative correlation with patients' blood glucose control (r = - 0.308, p-value = 0.025).  Finally, there was also a significantly moderate negative relationship between health behaviors and behavior of food consumption of patients relationship with patients' blood glucose control. (r = - 0.358, p-value = 0.008)