Abstract
Background: Self-care behaviors have been confirmed to be strongly associated with clinical outcomes of diabetes management. Objective: To determine the prevalence and risk factors of inadequate self-care behaviors among the Malaysian patients with type two diabetes mellitus (T2DM) through screening by hospital pharmacists. Methods: A cross-sectional study was undertaken over a nine-month period at a public tertiary care center in Northern Malaysia. Self-care behaviors of 103 patients with T2DM were evaluated using the 16-item Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DSMQ), and the scores were dichotomized to represent “adequate” (≥6 out of 10) and “inadequate” ( Key words: Malaysia, Tertiary care centers, Pharmaceutical services, Pharmacists, Self-care, Type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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