Factors Related to Dietary Behavior of Diabetic Patients Unable to Control Blood Sugar Levels, Yala Hospital

Abstract

The objectives of this descriptive research was to study factors related to dietary behavior of diabetic patients unable to control blood sugar levels. The samples was all 87 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients receiving services in diabetes clinic at Yala Hospital with unable to control blood sugar levels, having HbA1c value more than 7%, by purposive sampling. The data were collected through interview questionnaires during July -September 2020. Research instrument its content validity was confirmed by a panel of three experts and ranged from 0.67-1. Cronbach alpha coefficient was used to test reliability of the questionnaire, yielding value of 0.70. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistic; frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. Analytical statistics ware also employed in regard to Chi-square. The results found that most of the samples were female 60.9%, their age 50–59 years old 42.55%, they were married 83.9%, having HbA1c value 9-10% 55.2% and with complications 63.2%, the samples who had knowledge on diabetic diet at a moderate level 50.6%. The correlation test revealed that sex (p-value < 0.05) complications (p-value < 0.001) and knowledge of diabetic diet (p-value < 0.05) had a relationship with Dietary Behavior significantly. The results showed that the development of dietary care models for type 2 diabetes mellitus patients must take gender and complications, by focusing on the individual need of the patients, and they should be monitored continuously, so that patients can control their blood sugar levels.