Abstract
A descriptive correlational study was conducted to determine the gender differences in the relationship between health-related hardiness, patient attitude toward compliance, and self-care adherence to physical activity among 155 adults with diabetes. The two subcomponents of health-related hardiness, control and commitment/challenge, were included as separate variables. The correlations between commitment/challenge and self-care adherence to physical activity, and between total health-related hardiness and self-care adherence to physical activity, were significant among men (n = 52). The correlation between patient attitude toward compliance and self-care adherence to physical activity was significant among women (n = 103). Clinically, when compliance with self-care adherence to physical activity is the goal, a male patient may need hardiness instructions, while a female patient may need interventions to promote attitude toward compliance. Future research may include studying the relationships between other self-care practices such as diet management, medication compliance, and glucose monitoring and the variables of health-related hardiness and patient attitude toward compliance, which may help health-care professionals in appropriate care planning aimed at promoting self-management of diabetes.
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