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Self-care practices of diabetes patients among three ethnics in Malaysia: Malay, Chinese and Indian / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni … [et al.]

There are areas of discrepancy related to the effectiveness of self-care practices in improving diabetes management especially when it involved a socio-cultural background of patients or their living situations. Aim: This study aim to determine the level of diabetes knowledge and self-care practices...

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Main Authors: Ahmad Sharoni, Siti Khuzaimah, Zakia@Zakaria, Habibah Humairah, Ramli, Zaliha, Bahari, Nur Aswadani
Format: Book Section
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012
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Medical care
Diabetes Mellitus
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55439/1/55439.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.554392022-03-14T04:43:07Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55439/ Self-care practices of diabetes patients among three ethnics in Malaysia: Malay, Chinese and Indian / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni … [et al.] Ahmad Sharoni, Siti Khuzaimah Zakia@Zakaria, Habibah Humairah Ramli, Zaliha Bahari, Nur Aswadani Medical care Diabetes Mellitus There are areas of discrepancy related to the effectiveness of self-care practices in improving diabetes management especially when it involved a socio-cultural background of patients or their living situations. Aim: This study aim to determine the level of diabetes knowledge and self-care practices of diabetes patients among Malay, Chinese and Indian ethnic. Method: This study was a cross-sectional study that conducted in diabetic clinic, hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to diabetic patients from December 2011 to February 2012. Results: 212 respondents involved part in this study with 75 Malay, 72 Chinese and 65 Indian. Based on the result, there was significantly different on level of diabetes knowledge assessment among three ethnics (F= 39.07, p0.05) and medication intake (F=45.33, p>0.05) between three ethnics. Conclusion: In this study, there was significantly different on self-care practices among three ethnics except for diet and medication intake. It can be concluded that individualized nursing interventions should be trained for high risk diabetic patients based on their customs and background to improve physical outcome. Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2012 Book Section PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55439/1/55439.pdf ID55439 Ahmad Sharoni, Siti Khuzaimah and Zakia@Zakaria, Habibah Humairah and Ramli, Zaliha and Bahari, Nur Aswadani (2012) Self-care practices of diabetes patients among three ethnics in Malaysia: Malay, Chinese and Indian / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni … [et al.]. In: 3rd International Conference on Public Policy and Social Science ( ICOPS 2012). Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, Melaka, pp. 1036-1050. ISBN 978-967-11354-5-7
institution Universiti Teknologi Mara
building Tun Abdul Razak Library
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country Malaysia
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language English
topic Medical care
Diabetes Mellitus
spellingShingle Medical care
Diabetes Mellitus
Ahmad Sharoni, Siti Khuzaimah
Zakia@Zakaria, Habibah Humairah
Ramli, Zaliha
Bahari, Nur Aswadani
Self-care practices of diabetes patients among three ethnics in Malaysia: Malay, Chinese and Indian / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni … [et al.]
description There are areas of discrepancy related to the effectiveness of self-care practices in improving diabetes management especially when it involved a socio-cultural background of patients or their living situations. Aim: This study aim to determine the level of diabetes knowledge and self-care practices of diabetes patients among Malay, Chinese and Indian ethnic. Method: This study was a cross-sectional study that conducted in diabetic clinic, hospital Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia. Self-administered questionnaires were distributed to diabetic patients from December 2011 to February 2012. Results: 212 respondents involved part in this study with 75 Malay, 72 Chinese and 65 Indian. Based on the result, there was significantly different on level of diabetes knowledge assessment among three ethnics (F= 39.07, p0.05) and medication intake (F=45.33, p>0.05) between three ethnics. Conclusion: In this study, there was significantly different on self-care practices among three ethnics except for diet and medication intake. It can be concluded that individualized nursing interventions should be trained for high risk diabetic patients based on their customs and background to improve physical outcome.
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author Ahmad Sharoni, Siti Khuzaimah
Zakia@Zakaria, Habibah Humairah
Ramli, Zaliha
Bahari, Nur Aswadani
author_facet Ahmad Sharoni, Siti Khuzaimah
Zakia@Zakaria, Habibah Humairah
Ramli, Zaliha
Bahari, Nur Aswadani
author_sort Ahmad Sharoni, Siti Khuzaimah
title Self-care practices of diabetes patients among three ethnics in Malaysia: Malay, Chinese and Indian / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni … [et al.]
title_short Self-care practices of diabetes patients among three ethnics in Malaysia: Malay, Chinese and Indian / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni … [et al.]
title_full Self-care practices of diabetes patients among three ethnics in Malaysia: Malay, Chinese and Indian / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni … [et al.]
title_fullStr Self-care practices of diabetes patients among three ethnics in Malaysia: Malay, Chinese and Indian / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni … [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Self-care practices of diabetes patients among three ethnics in Malaysia: Malay, Chinese and Indian / Siti Khuzaimah Ahmad Sharoni … [et al.]
title_sort self-care practices of diabetes patients among three ethnics in malaysia: malay, chinese and indian / siti khuzaimah ahmad sharoni … [et al.]
publisher Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies
publishDate 2012
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