RESEARCH ARTICLE
Improvement in Diabetic Control Belief in Relation to Locus of Control
Yusran Haskas1, *, Suryanto2, Suarnianti1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2019Volume: 13
First Page: 123
Last Page: 128
Publisher ID: TONURSJ-13-123
DOI: 10.2174/1874434601913010123
Article History:
Received Date: 19/02/2019Revision Received Date: 16/04/2019
Acceptance Date: 17/04/2019
Electronic publication date: 31/05/2019
Collection year: 2019
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
Adherence to diabetes control is important to determine an individual’s ability to maintain treatment focus of Diabetes Mellitus . The Locus of Control thereby assesses the behavior of an individual to diabetes control.
Objective:
The aim of this study was to analyze the pathways of diabetes control beliefs based on the variable locus of control in the integration of locus of control theory and the theory of planning behavior on diabetes mellitus control behavior.
Methods:
This study was carried out as an explanatory research with a cross-sectional design. The sampling technique was consecutive. The sample size was determined using multivariate numerical analytic one-time predictive concept framework and 143 respondents at 8 locations were recruited by a random lottery method. Demographic data analysis of respondents was done using statistical software, namely IBM Statistics SPSS using a Chi-square statistical test. The proposed hypothesis was tested by the bivariate analysis of variance to assess the effect of causal variables.
Results:
The results of this study indicate that locus of control affects diabetic control beliefs (ρ = 0.05; α = 0.06; b = 0.16; b2 = 0.03; F = 3.91) in the diabetes mellitus control behavior.
Conclusion:
The findings of this study suggest a need to consistently provide positive information and support as a locus of control to guard a strong intention to control diabetes mellitus.
