Self-care in diabetes is defined as behaviors carry out by people with or at Risk of diabetes in order to successfully manage the disease on their own(6).Self-care practice in diabetes is a critical factor to keep the disease under control and about 95% of the diseases management is usually carried out by the affected individual or their families. These practices include self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG),dietary modification, physical Activity, and compliance to medication(17).Self-management requires active involvement of the individual in their care, and is advocated by clinical practice guidelines from the USA, UK and globally(18). Effective self-management needs individuals should be committed to understanding their
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Only 16.4% of the respondents adhered to the dietary regimen provided by dietitians. Among the dietary self-care behaviors, eat lots of food high in dietary fiber had the highest compliant rate (54.1%); whereas eat more servings of fruits and vegetables per day had the lowest compliant rate (23.0%)(23).
In 2012 a comparative cross-sectional study was conducted with DM1 and DM2 patients at the Hospital de Porto Alegre, portuges among two Hundred twenty five patients showed that, larger percentage of patients with DM2 being classified as poorly active 33 (30.7%) versus 12 (10.3%) and a lower percentage being classified as highly active 9 (8.7%) versus 29 (25%), compared with patients having DM1(24).
In 2015 descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at the diabetes clinic of Jos University teaching Hospital (JUTH) and a diabetes specialist clinic in Jos, North central Nigeria through interviewer administered questionnaire among nighty type two DM patients reveled that ,43(91.5%) persons exercising for <0.001) and only 2.22% (1/45) of patients had history of diabetes related
Only 16.4% of the respondents adhered to the dietary regimen provided by dietitians. Among the dietary self-care behaviors, eat lots of food high in dietary fiber had the highest compliant rate (54.1%); whereas eat more servings of fruits and vegetables per day had the lowest compliant rate (23.0%)(23).
In 2012 a comparative cross-sectional study was conducted with DM1 and DM2 patients at the Hospital de Porto Alegre, portuges among two Hundred twenty five patients showed that, larger percentage of patients with DM2 being classified as poorly active 33 (30.7%) versus 12 (10.3%) and a lower percentage being classified as highly active 9 (8.7%) versus 29 (25%), compared with patients having DM1(24).
In 2015 descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at the diabetes clinic of Jos University teaching Hospital (JUTH) and a diabetes specialist clinic in Jos, North central Nigeria through interviewer administered questionnaire among nighty type two DM patients reveled that ,43(91.5%) persons exercising for <0.001) and only 2.22% (1/45) of patients had history of diabetes related