Diabetes Mellituslu Bireylerde Diyabet Komplikasyon Risk Algısının ve Diyabet Öz Yönetim Becerilerinin İncelenmesi

Abstract

Aim: It was aimed to examine the complication risk perception and diabetes self-management skills of individuals with diabetes.
 Material and Methods: The data of the descriptive and relational study were collected using google forms. The sample consists of 153
 diabetic individuals. Data were collected with the recognition form, Diabetes Mellitus-Risk Perception Scale, and Diabetes Self-Management
 Skills Scale. Number, percentage, mean, standard deviation and median were used as descriptive statistical methods in the evaluation of
 the data. The distribution of the data was evaluated with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk test. Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-
 Wallis test and Spearman correlation analysis were used to evaluate non-parametric data.
 Results: The mean age of the sample was 49.96 years, 51% were female, 24.8% were illiterate, 5.2% had postgraduate education, 45.1%
 had poor income, 60.1% had Type 2 diabetes and 36.6% had the highest It has few complications. 87.6% of individuals with diabetes
 were worried about the development of complications, their self-management scores were found to be higher than those of the nonconcerned
 group, and a statistically significant difference was found (p