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Aquichan

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GALINDO-MARTINEZ, Mireya Gricelia; RICO-HERRERA, Laura  and  PADILLA-RAYGOZA, Nicolás. The Effect of Socio-cultural Factors on the Self-care Capacity of Hospitalized Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Aquichan [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.1, pp.7-19. ISSN 1657-5997.  https://doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2014.14.1.1.

Introduction: Type 2 diabetes is considered a public health problem because of its increasing prevalence and incidence. Objective: The purpose of this research is to describe the effect of socio-cultural factors on the self-care capacity of patients with type 2 diabetes who are hospitalized at the Tecomán General Hospital in Colima, Mexico. Method: This is a cross-sectional, observational study of 68 hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes. An instrument to measure the effect of socio-cultural factors on the capacity for self-care was used. Data analysis was conducted with the odds ratio method, confidence intervals at 95% and attributable fraction in exposures. Results: Socio-cultural factors had a slight positive effect on the capacity for self-care among hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes (RM = 1.10, 95% CI, 0.26 to 4.74). Conclusions: The socio-cultural factors outlined in the General Self-care Deficit Theory; namely, life experiences, work experiences, religion, customs and traditions, healing practices and rituals, were shown to have a positive effect on the self-care capacity of people with type 2 diabetes.

Keywords : Diabetes Mellitus Type 2; self-care; patient care; public health; nursing.

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