Sociodemographic determinations of management behavior of diabetic patients attending a diabetic clinic in Alexandria Part III: relation between diabetics' sociodemographic background and health belief model variables

The present work aimed to study the relation between the patient's health beliefs, the psychological perception and the demographic variables. The same subjects and methods applied in part I and II were adopted. It was found that a minority [1.7%] had a weak overall perceived susceptibility. It was indicated that a significant relation was observed between gender and exposure to external cues to action, where females were more likely to be exposed than males to external cues to action. A statistical significant linear association was observed between the education of diabetics and exposure to external cues to action. Diabetics without any educational certificates were more likely to be exposed to external cues to action