Structural model of self ‐care agency in patients with diabetes: A path analysis of the Instrument of Diabetes Self‐Care Agency and body self‐awareness

Conclusion“Body self‐awareness” plays a part in the self‐care operation process and serves as an intermediary factor to enable the performance of self‐care operations by making the most use of self‐care agency. Moreover, striking a proper balance between self‐management that is focused on the treatment of diabetes and a person's ability for self‐management of diabetes was found to be important.

Source: Japan Journal of Nursing Science - May 24, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Sachiko Waki, Yasuko Shimizu, Kyoko Uchiumi, Kawai Asou, Kumiko Kuroda, Naoko Murakado, Natsuko Seto, Harue Masaki, Hidetoki Ishii Tags: Original Article Source Type: research