 Self-Care Behaviors and Glycemic Control in Low-Income Adults in México With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus May Have Implications for Patients of Mexican Heritage Living in the United StatesLidia G. Compeán Ortiz, Beatriz Del à ngel Pérez, Eunice Reséndiz González, Socorro Piñones MartÃnez, Nora H. González Quirarte and Diane C. Berry Clinical Nursing Research, 2016, vol. 25, issue 2, 120-138 Abstract: This study examined self-care behaviors and their relationship to glycemic control in low-income Mexican adults with type 2 diabetes in Southeastern Tamaulipas, México. A total of 135 patients were enrolled from 17 community health centers. The most frequent self-care behavior was medication management (80%), and the least frequent self-care behavior was self blood glucose monitoring (7%). All the patients demonstrated poor glycemic control, with glycated hemoglobin > 7%. Self-care behaviors were associated with fasting blood glucose ( r s = .223, p = .005). Medication management was influenced by cognitive performance, F (1, 130) = 4.49, p = .036, and depression, F (1, 130) = 8.22, p = .005. Dietary behaviors were influenced by previous diabetes education, F (1, 130) = 6.73, p = .011. These findings indicate that education and cognitive behavioral interventions in Spanish for Mexican adults with type 2 diabetes are urgently needed. Keywords: diabetes; health promotion; diabetes care; nursing interventions (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:clnure:v:25:y:2016:i:2:p:120-138 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Clinical Nursing Research |
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