Association between accepting the illness and effective insulin administration in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Purpose: Patients with type 2 diabetes will be easier to adapt to treatment if they accept their illness. To investigatethe association between individual, disease-related and care-related properties of the individuals and theiraccepting the disease, and effective insulin administration.Material and Methods: 103 diabetic patients were included in the study. The Acceptance of Illness Scale (AIS)and the Diabetes Fear of Injecting and Self-Testing Questionnaire (D-FISQ) were used for the data collection. Thedata were analyzed using the descriptive statistics.Results: The Cronbach alpha was 0.96 for AIS, 0.95 for fear of self-injecting (FSI), 0.80 for fear of self-testing(FST) and 0.85 for total D-FISQ. A negative association was determined between the AIS score, and FSI, FST,total D-FISQ; a positive association was found between the FSI score and FST, total D-FISQ scores and betweenFST and the total D-FISQ scores. The FSI score was found to be higher among females.Conclusion: Accepting the disease affects an effective insulin administration behavior. Hence, nursing care andeducation of the individuals should be planned and implemented so as to improve the acceptance level of diabetes