Why the study?
Do compliant obese, non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients differ from noncompliant patients in their perception of disease severity and health locus of control?
Do compliant obese, non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients differ from noncompliant patients in their perception of disease severity and health locus of control?
Compliant diabetic patients tend to be older, perceive their disease as more severe, and have a more internal locus of control than noncompliant patients.
Associations with compliance may inform education strategies; extends health belief model but hypothesis-generating.
Compliant and noncompliant obese, non-insulin-dependent diabetic subjects were assessed using a variety of demographic variables, the health locus of control scale (HLC), and the perception of severity of disease index based on the health belief model. The complaint subjects were significantly older and viewed their illness as significantly more severe than the noncompliant patients. Additionally, they tended to exhibit more of an internal locus of control that the noncompliant patients.
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