Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectancy and Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Many diabetes patients neglect their role in management of diabetes, which requires self- management m addition to medical treatment. This correlational study examined self-efficacy, outcome expectancy and self-management of type2diabetespatients.ltwashypothesized that self-efficacy and outcome expectancy would be predictors of self-management. Seventy-eight patients from different hospitals and clinics of Mizoram were administered the Multidimensional Diabetes Questionnaire and Diabetes Self-management Questionnaire. The results provided considerable support of the hypotheses. The implications of the present findings for intervention of chronic illness, shortcomings of the present study and future directions were discussed.