Family Support and Self-Motivation Influence Dietary Compliance and Glycaemic Control among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Outpatients

Authors

  • Suzana Shahar Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Nik Nur Izzati Nik Mohd Fakhruddin Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Khor Jia Hui Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Nurul Farhana Syazreen Suhaimi Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Nurul Yasmin Farhah Zulkepli Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Rosdiizwan Roslan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Wong Ee Siew Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
  • Norhayati Ibrahim Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Keywords:

Family support, self-motivation, dietary compliance, glycaemic control, Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus is a disease due to reduced insulin sensitivity and secretion in the body which associated with obesity and hypertension. This study aimed to determine the influence of family support and self-motivation towards dietary compliance and glycaemic control among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) outpatients. This cross-sectional study involved 35 subjects selected from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) in Cheras and Ampangan Health Clinic in Seremban. Anthropometric measurements and fasting blood glucose have been obtained. Face-to-face interview session was done to obtain socio-demographic and diet intake. Further, dietary compliance, social support and self-motivation were assessed using Summary Diabetes Self Care Activities (SDSCA), Diabetes Social Support Questionnaire Family version (DSSQ-Fa) and Treatment Self-Regulation Questionnaire (TSRQ), respectively. Only 8.6% of subjects complied with dietary counselling. Fasting blood glucose for both men (7.93 ± 1.99 mmol/L) and women (8.77 ± 3.08 mmol/L) were higher than normal range. Self-motivation (r = 0.358, p < 0.05) and family support (r = 0.460, p < 0.01) significantly correlated with dietary compliance. Self-motivation and family support are important factors which can increase compliance towards dietary counseling. Further investigation should be carried out to determine factors that may influence dietary compliance and family support towards achieving desirable glycaemic control among T2DM patients. DOI : http://dx.doi.org./10.17576/JSKM-2016-1402-05

Author Biographies

Suzana Shahar, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Dietetics Program School of Healthcare SciencesFaculty of Health Sciences

Nik Nur Izzati Nik Mohd Fakhruddin, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Dietetics Program School of Healthcare SciencesFaculty of Health Sciences

Khor Jia Hui, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Dietetics Program School of Healthcare SciencesFaculty of Health Sciences

Nurul Farhana Syazreen Suhaimi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Dietetics Program School of Healthcare SciencesFaculty of Health Sciences

Nurul Yasmin Farhah Zulkepli, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Dietetics Program School of Healthcare SciencesFaculty of Health Sciences

Rosdiizwan Roslan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Dietetics Program School of Healthcare SciencesFaculty of Health Sciences

Wong Ee Siew, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Dietetics Program School of Healthcare SciencesFaculty of Health Sciences

Norhayati Ibrahim, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Psychology ProgramSchool of Healthcare SciencesFaculty of Health Sciences

Downloads

Published

2016-06-30

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Articles

License

It is a condition of publication in the Journal that authors assign copyright to the Penerbit, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, using the form available on the Copyright Assignment Form page. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia is notified in writing and in advance.

Our journal offers an open access articles, which is under the Creative Common license type : Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)