A Study on the Behavior of Regular Self-monitoring Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes with Insulin Treatment
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
He, Min-Shu
Abstract
This study introduced the Theory of Planned Behavior as the framework to explore and understand related factors affecting the behavioral intention of regular self-monitoring blood glucose for type 2 diabetics treated with insulin. Major ideas were collected with an open-ended introductory questionnaire first and then a structured questionnaire was used to interview a total of 125 type 2 diabetes patients with at least twice injections of insulin per day at a certain teaching hospital in Taipei City.he results showed that in terms of the relationship between the attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and the fundamental belief, except for the attitude that did not have a significant relationship with the product of “behavioral beliefs” and “evaluation” (r＝0.11), subjective norm and the product of “normative beliefs” and “motivation to comply” (r＝0.79), and perceived behavioral control and the product of “control beliefs” and “power” (r＝0.38) are both significantly related. articipants’ behavioral intention to self-monitor their blood glucose regularly was positive. Their attitude (r＝0.48，p<.01), subjective norm (r＝0.48，p<.01), perceived behavioral control (r＝0.63，p<.01) are all positively related to the behavioral intention of regular self monitoring blood glucose and the attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control could explain 58.0% of the variance in the behavioral intention of regular self monitoring blood glucose, among which perceived behavioral control was the most significant predictor. The other variables outside the theory model were not influential in any significant way. dvanced analysis on the belief behind the perceived behavioral control found that “laziness or feeling it was troublesome” was the major barrier to self-monitoring blood glucose. In the subjective norm, primary influencers on the patients’ intention to self monitor their blood glucose were the medical staff, family members, other patients, and close friends. A clinical application based on the results was recommended by the researchers.
Subjects
type 2 diabetes
self monitoring blood glucose
insulin treatment
behavioral intention
the Theory of Planned Behavior
SDGs
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