the role of self-efficacy, hardiness, and coping strategies in predicting self-care behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes

Background: diabetes is a chronic disease that, without proper care, leads to a rise in blood sugar and, in the long term, disrupts the functions of various tissues and organs of the body. therefore, self-care seems to be particularly important to reduce the injuries associated with this disease.objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the role of coping strategies, self-efficacy, and hardiness in predicting self-care behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes.methods: this was a descriptive-correlational study. the statistical population of this study included all patients with type 2 diabetes referred to medical centers in khomeini shahr, isfahan-iran, among whom 200 subjects were selected by convenience sampling. for data collection, niknami (2013) self-care, kubasa (1976) hardiness, scherer self-efficacy, and lazarus and folkman coping strategies questionnaires were used. data analysis was performed using stepwise multiple regression using spss software version 26.results: the mean (sd) age of the participants was 48.54 (7.62) years, and women constituted 72% of the participants. the results showed that self-efficacy (53%, p=0.001) and hardiness (31%, p=0.008) had the largest shares in explaining self-care behaviors of patients with type 2 diabetes. the results also showed that coping strategies did not significantly influence the self-care behaviors of patients with type 2 diabetes (p<0.05), so it was excluded from the model.conclusion: according to our findings, self-care behaviors of diabetic patients can be improved by boosting their hardiness and self-efficacy.