The Attitude of Patients with Diabedes Type 2 and the Analysis of The Correlation Between the Problem Fields

Abstract

The first stage of the study, which has two stages, was carried out methodologically to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Diabetes Problem Areas Scale by adapting it into Turkish, and the second stage was carried out as descriptive in order to determine the relationship between patients' attitudes towards the disease and problem areas. The population of the study consisted of patients who applied to the Endocrinology Polyclinic of the Department of Internal Medicine of October Atatürk University Yakutiye Research Hospital, were diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes for at least one year, were conscious and accepted the study. The sample of the study consisted of 138 patients randomly selected using the nonprobability sampling method. A form containing the socio-demographic characteristics of the patients, the Diabetes Problem Areas Scale and the Diabetes Attitude Scale were used to collect the data. Data were evaluated with cronbach alpha, pearson correlation technique and factor analysis. In the first stage of the study, it was determined that the alpha reliability coefficient of the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale was 0.88 and consisted of a single factor. As a result of these analyzes, it was determined that the scale has validity and reliability. It was determined that the patients included in the study had a positive attitude towards diabetes, and the total mean score of the diabetes attitude scale was determined as 73.7±9.3. It was determined that the patients had partially serious problems in diabetes and the mean score of the scale of problem areas in diabetes was 57.0±15.1.