![]() Self-efficacy related to diabetes refers to patients’ confidence that they can successfully execute self-care according to the recommended treatment methods. ![]() It is reported to be an important factor for successful self-care and changes in health-improving behaviors among patients with type 2 diabetes. In the previous studies, self-efficacy has been known to be a variable that directly and significantly affects the implementation of self-care. High self-efficacy was found to lead to a higher rate of implementation of self-care, thus having a positive influence on the changes in and maintenance of health behaviors. Therefore, this study aims to identify physiological indices through medical records and measurements of self-care and self-efficacy for the management of type 2 diabetes and to investigate the factors affecting self-care. The tool for measuring self-care was a modified Korean version of the Self Care of Diabetes Inventory (SCODI) developed by Ausili et al. for patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes, based on the middle-range theory on self-care of chronic diseases and clinical recommendations. The original tool was translated into Korean for this study and its validity was verified by experts, which was followed by back translation, author’s translation, and back translation again in order to be used. Prior to translating the tool, permission to translate the tool into Korean and use it was obtained from its author. ![]() The first translation was performed by a professional translation agency with extensive experience in the field. #Macro recorder license key 2.0.69f professional#.
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