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KMID : 0377619930580080515
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1993 Volume.58 No. 8 p.515 ~ p.528
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A Study on the Relationship between the Level of Knowledge about Self-care, Physical Health Status and Self-care Behavior in Elderly Diabetes Mellitus Patients
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Abstract
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This descriptive ?correlationaly study was undertaken in order to examine if there was a relationship between the level of knowledge about self-care and self-care behavior, a relationship between the physical health status and self-care behavior in elderly DM patients.
The sampling method was a non-probability purposive sampling technique. The participants of this study were 73 volunteer clients.
Data was collected between July 27th and August 1st in E general hospital in Seoul.
The instructions used for this study were a knowledge scale about self-care behavior scale developed by researcher. For checking the physical health status of the elderly DM patients, the scale was used that was developed by Choi & Jung.
The tool of this research were reviewed its content validity by 1 professor of nursing and 2 nurses. The tool of this research were reviewed its reliability; Cronbach α=0.82,0.85, 0.87. the former was the tool for the level of knowledge, the second was the tool for self-care behavior and the latter was the tool for physical health status.
73 data were analyzed by percentage, mean, t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation Coefficient.
The result of study were as follows:
1. There was a relationship between the level of knowledge about self-care and self-car e behavior in elderly DM patients.
2. There was a relationship between the physical health status and self-care behavior.
In conclusion, this study revealed that both knowledge about self-care and physical health status of elderly are factors in improving self-care behavior in elderly DM patients. So, in caring elderly DM patient, the knowledge reinforcing education program and health promotion or health maintenance program will be useful.
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