Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients have chronic metabolic disorder and they need self care for their lifetime. But most Diabetes Mellitus patients don´t know how to do a self care due to the lack of adequate support from health care professionals. It has been reported that lack of exercise therapy compliance guide is very important one.
This study ,was conducted to develop an exercise therapy protocol applied to an efficacy expectation promoting program based on Bandura´s self efficacy model for type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients.
Firstly, a conceptual framework was developed through efficacy expectation promoting program based on Bandura´s self efficacy model. In order to identify the contents of program and to design a preliminary protocol, a with the consultation experts was made.
A clinical validity was tested using twenty type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients who received follow-up care regularly through the diabetic out-patient clinic from October, 1998 to May, 2000. After this process, the final protocol was developed.
The results of this study are summarized as bellows :
The final exercise therapy protocol applied to an efficacy expectation promoting program for type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients consists of individualized exercise test and prescription, a small booklet relating personal experience with Diabetes Mellitus 11 and a telephone coaching program for 12´´!, Performance accomplishment, vicarious experience and verbal persuasion, which are all induction modes of efficacy expectation.
It is concluded that the exercise therapy protocol applied to an efficacy expectation promoting program is applicable to type 2 diabetes mellitus. And this exercise therapy protocol could show a positive effect on the exercise compliance of Diabetes Mellitus patients.
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