Self-care Behaviors of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients

Self-care in diabetes [1]

The Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (SCODI) is the self-report tool used to measure self-care dimensions: self-care maintenance, self-care monitoring, and self-care management.The self-care maintenance scale measures adherence to main diabetes treatments (i.e. medication, diet exercise). The self-care monitoring scale includes body listening behaviours, such as blood glucose or blood pressure monitoring and symptom recognition behaviours. The self-care management scale includes those behaviours performed by patients to manage symptoms, high or low blood glucose levels, and health problems when they occur. Furthermore, the SCODI allows to measure self-care confidence that is the degree of confidence a patient has in her/his ability to perform adequate self-care. A 5-points Likert type scale measures every item of the SCODI. All the SCODI scales provide a 0-100 standardized score where higher scores mean better self-care.

Time frame: The SCODI will be administered at the following time point: T0 - Baseline.

Self-care in diabetes [2]

The Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (SCODI) is the self-report tool used to measure self-care dimensions: self-care maintenance, self-care monitoring, and self-care management.The self-care maintenance scale measures adherence to main diabetes treatments (i.e. medication, diet exercise). The self-care monitoring scale includes body listening behaviours, such as blood glucose or blood pressure monitoring and symptom recognition behaviours. The self-care management scale includes those behaviours performed by patients to manage symptoms, high or low blood glucose levels, and health problems when they occur. Furthermore, the SCODI allows to measure self-care confidence that is the degree of confidence a patient has in her/his ability to perform adequate self-care. A 5-points Likert type scale measures every item of the SCODI. All the SCODI scales provide a 0-100 standardized score where higher scores mean better self-care.

Time frame: The SCODI will be administered by telephone at the following time point: T0.5 - Month 6 ± 28 days

Self-care in diabetes [3]

The Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (SCODI) is the self-report tool used to measure self-care dimensions: self-care maintenance, self-care monitoring, and self-care management.The self-care maintenance scale measures adherence to main diabetes treatments (i.e. medication, diet exercise). The self-care monitoring scale includes body listening behaviours, such as blood glucose or blood pressure monitoring and symptom recognition behaviours. The self-care management scale includes those behaviours performed by patients to manage symptoms, high or low blood glucose levels, and health problems when they occur. Furthermore, the SCODI allows to measure self-care confidence that is the degree of confidence a patient has in her/his ability to perform adequate self-care. A 5-points Likert type scale measures every item of the SCODI. All the SCODI scales provide a 0-100 standardized score where higher scores mean better self-care.

Time frame: The SCODI will be administered by telephone at the following time point: T1 - Month 12 ± 28 days.

Self-care in diabetes [4]

The Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (SCODI) is the self-report tool used to measure self-care dimensions: self-care maintenance, self-care monitoring, and self-care management.The self-care maintenance scale measures adherence to main diabetes treatments (i.e. medication, diet exercise). The self-care monitoring scale includes body listening behaviours, such as blood glucose or blood pressure monitoring and symptom recognition behaviours. The self-care management scale includes those behaviours performed by patients to manage symptoms, high or low blood glucose levels, and health problems when they occur. Furthermore, the SCODI allows to measure self-care confidence that is the degree of confidence a patient has in her/his ability to perform adequate self-care. A 5-points Likert type scale measures every item of the SCODI. All the SCODI scales provide a 0-100 standardized score where higher scores mean better self-care.

Time frame: The SCODI will be administered by telephone at the following time point: T1.5 - Month 18 ± 28 days.

Self-care in diabetes [5]

The Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (SCODI) is the self-report tool used to measure self-care dimensions: self-care maintenance, self-care monitoring, and self-care management.The self-care maintenance scale measures adherence to main diabetes treatments (i.e. medication, diet exercise). The self-care monitoring scale includes body listening behaviours, such as blood glucose or blood pressure monitoring and symptom recognition behaviours. The self-care management scale includes those behaviours performed by patients to manage symptoms, high or low blood glucose levels, and health problems when they occur. Furthermore, the SCODI allows to measure self-care confidence that is the degree of confidence a patient has in her/his ability to perform adequate self-care. A 5-points Likert type scale measures every item of the SCODI. All the SCODI scales provide a 0-100 standardized score where higher scores mean better self-care.

Time frame: The SCODI will be administered by telephone at the following time point: T2 - Month 24 ± 28 days.