Fatemeh Pourhaji - Expert in charge of Health Education, Health Network Pardis, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Hossein Delshad - Expert in charge of Development, Health Network Shemiranat, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Abbas Ali Ammari - Mashhad university medical sciences, Samen Health Center, Mashhad, Iran.
Roya Pourhaji - Department of Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran.

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.

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