Difficulties in daily life and the association with self-care ability in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Japan: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To identify the unique contents of difficulties experienced in daily life among adult type 1 diabetes mellitus patients and to determine how basic characteristics and diabetic-related self-care agency are associated with difficulties in daily life.

Methods

This study used two surveys: "Difficulties in Daily Life," which was a questionnaire developed for this survey and "Instrument of Diabetes Self-Care Agency." These two measures were then used with demographic information for cross-sectional analysis.

Result

The final sample included 321 type 1 diabetes mellitus patients. Difficulties in daily life were composed of four factors: "Difficulties in diseases disclosure," "Difficulties accommodating diabetes into daily life," "Difficulties in employment or continuing

SUBMITTER: Umeda E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7308687 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature