Personal Agency Enhancing Model in Prevention of Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an increase in blood sugar levels which can cause complications.. Uncontrolled diabetes can cause various complain in patients. Objective: Analyzing the characteristics of respondents with psychosocial, the characteristics of respondents with the personal agency, and psychosocial with the personal agency for the prevention of diabetic foot ulcer. Method: The design used was a cross-sectional study with simple random sampling using psychosocial instruments and the personal agency for diabetic foot ulcer prevention with a total of 329 respondents from the age of 30 to 75. The data were analyzed using SEM-PLS software. Results : 221 patients had no history of diabetes, and most of them had good knowledge, 4 respondents experienced severe stress, mostly with high perceived control (52.3%), low self-efficacy (53.2%), and low personal agency (51.1%).There is no relationship between the characteristics of the respondent and the personal agency.There is no relationshipbetween the psychosocial with the personal agency.There is a relationship between psychosocial with the personal agency for preventing diabetic foot ulcer. Conclusion: The variables of knowledge and stress have a large direct contribution to the improvement of the personal agency for diabetic foot ulcer prevention.