Legacy of diabetes and self‐care behavior
- 24 September 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Research in Nursing & Health
- Vol. 30 (5), 508-517
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.20208
Abstract
The effect of multigenerational legacies of diabetes on health beliefs and behaviors was explored. Diabetic participants (N = 123) with family histories of diabetes responded to survey questions about their own diabetes self‐care behavior, illness representation (including consequences and controllability of diabetes), recollection of a family member's illness representation and complications, and perceived social consequences of diabetes. Recollections about family members' disease controllability (r = .21, p < .05) and social consequences (r = −.19, p < .05) and participants' own perceptions of controllability were significantly related. Significant associations were also found between perceptions of controllability and general and social consequences with medication adherence (β =−.33, β = −36, and β = −.43, respectively, all p<.05). Findings suggest that explorations of patients' recollections of a family member's experiences with diabetes can affect their illness perceptions and behavior. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 30:508–517, 2007Keywords
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