Foot-Care Self-efficacy Beliefs, Physical Self-Concept and actual Foot-Care Behavior in People with Diabetes Mellitus

Background: The concept of self efficacy and physical self-concept have been shown to be an effective predictor of behavior in many areas of health. This study investigated the relationships between foot-care self-efficacy beliefs, Physical self-concept, self-reported foot-care behavior in people with diabetes. Methods and Material: This is a cross sectional study in which the 90 diabetic individuals who had been admitted to the diabetic clinic of health centers located in Mashhad- Iran between the years 2015 and 2016 was invited to be entered into the study. The demographic questionnaire and the self-report Foot Care Confidence Scale (FCCS) questionnaire and also the self-report Marsh Physical Self-Description Questionnaire (PSDQ) were applied to measure data. SPSS 20.0 was used for the analyses.Results: Ninety patients with a mean age of 51.82 ± 11.3 years were assessed. There is the significant association between foot-care self-efficacy beliefs and higher foot care behavior. (r = 0.4, P < 0.05).Also, there was a significant association between physical self-concept and foot-care, so that people who had a better physical self-concept had better foot care behavior. Conclusions: This study has found that foot-care self-efficacy beliefs and physical self-concept improvement could help foot-care behavior improvement among diabetic people.

Keywords:

Foot-care , Self-efficacy Beliefs , Physical self-concept , Foot-care Behavior