Assessing and testing the reliability of mini self-care practices questionnaire among type 2 diabetic patients attending rural health training centre, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
India is the diabetic capital of the world with nearly 31.7 million people suffering from the disease in 2000 which is projected to become 79.4 million in the year 2030. The incidence of diabetes in India is around 8.8%. This study aims at developing a mini questionnaire to quickly assess the self-care practices among the diabetic patients attending rural healthtraining centre and also to educate the diabetic patients about self-care practices and dietary pattern they need to follow.
The reliability of the MSCPQ using Cronbach’s alpha came to be 0.82 and the intra class correlation coefficient was 0.81; 95% CI (0.763-0.853) (p=<0.001). Around sixty six percent are having their health check-up regularly. Most (43%) of the study participants check their bloodsugars monthly.
Conclusions:
Even though there are various factors contributing in facilitating self-care activities in patients living with diabetes, the role of health carephysicians in educating about self-care practices are indispensable.