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As a result of improvement of the health care system, aging,
the change of life-style and obesity has increased the
prevalence of diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus was on top 5
of the cause of death in Taiwan in 1995, indicated it has
became a major diseasethreatening the health of people. The
purpose of the study was to investigate the circumstances and
correlations of family support, life satisfaction, self-care
behaviors and glycemic control in people with NIDDM. One hundred
and forty one patients were selected from the metabolic OPD of a
pre-medical center by purposive sampling. The data were
collected via structered interviews or self-reports. The
major results were as follows : 1. The level of patients''
family support and life satisfaction was upper-middle ;
most of them were " often " compliant to self-care
behaviors ; and the glycemic control was good and fair in 34 %
of the patient. 2. Family support was positively
correlated to life satisfaction and self-care behaviors,
and it had no significant differences in glycemic control.
Patients'' life satisfaction and self-care behavior(exercise) was
positively correlated, self-care behaviors (medication taking)
had differences in glycemic control. 3. Using heirarchical
mutiple-regression, self - reported glycemic control, self -
reported health , life satisfaction and family support explained
11 % of the variance of self-care behaviors. The study
findings are helpful to the nursing professionals to promote
family support , life satisfaction , self-care behaviors the
quality of life, diabetic control and well-being for DM
patients.
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