Socio-demographic and clinical determinants of self-care in adults with type 2 diabetes: a multicenter cross-sectional study in Zhejiang province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-care, a process of maintaining health through health-promoting practices and managing illness, is pivotal for the management of type 2 diabetes. This study aimed to explore the self-care level and investigate its socio-demographic and clinical determinants among Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

In this multicenter cross-sectional study, we enrolled 495 Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes from the outpatient departments of three tertiary hospitals in Zhejiang province, China. The Self-Care of Diabetes Inventory (SCODI) was used to measure self-care maintenance, self-care monitoring, and self-care management as three critical components of the dynamic self-care process. Self-care self-efficacy is a critical factor affecting the self-care process, wh

SUBMITTER: Lan X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11783724 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature