Predicting preventive self-care behaviours among type 2 diabetes based on the health belief model in Bandar Abbas city: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

It is essential to manage type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) through self-care behaviours and to ascertain the predictors of correct health training for the control of diabetes. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive role of the constructs of the health belief model in encouraging T2DM to adopt self-care behaviours in Bandar Abbas city.

Design

This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2022 in Bandar Abbas.

Participants

Participants were 246 patients with T2DM referring to six comprehensive healthcare centres in Bandar Abbas city. They were enrolled using the accessible sampling method and were requested to complete a questionnaire.

Results

The results of the present study indicated that the health belief model could explain 50.73% of th

SUBMITTER: Darvishi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911676 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature