Illness belief, knowledge, and diabetes self-management in Indonesia
Yunita Sari (a*), Atyanti Isworo (a), Arif Setyo Upoyo (a), Akhyarul Anam (a), Nuriya (a), Lita Heni Kusumawardani (a)

a. Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Indonesia
*yunita.sari[at]unsoed.ac.id

Abstract

Background
Diabetes self-care is important to avoid complications of DM. Although it has been known that illness perception and knowledge is associated with diabetes self-care, however up to present, there is no study that examine the relationship of illness perception and diabetes knowledge related with diabetes self-care in Indonesian context. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of illness perception and diabetes knowledge related with diabetes self-care in Indonesia.

Methods
A cross-sectional was conducted with a total of 250 diabetic patients. A self-administered questionnaire for assessing illness perception (Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire), diabetes knowledge and diabetes self-care practices were used to collect data. The data were analyzed by using Pearsons Product-Moment.

Results
The results showed that there is significant relationship between illness perception with diabetes self-care, however there is no significant relationship between knowledge and diabetes self-care.

Conclusion
This study provides evidence for health care provider in Indonesia to design education program to improve perception of diabetic patients toward diabetic self-care.

Keywords: diabetes,illness belief,knowledge, self-management

Topic: Medical and Surgical Nursing