factors related to type 2 diabetes self-care

Background: diabetes mellitus (dm), as acommonmetabolic disorder, is amanageablediseasebyself-careandblood sugar control. objectives: this study was designed to investigate the factors related to diabetes self-care and control measures. methods: it is an analytical cross-sectional study conducted on a convenience sample of 310 type 2 dm patients referring to the centers of the shiraz university of medical sciences. self-care behavior data were collected using the self-care scale of toobert and glasgow from january to april 2017. data were analyzed using spss and the significance level was set at 5%. results: in this study, 310 patients with a mean age of 52.118.20 were investigated (men: n = 91; 29.4%). significant relationships were observed between self-care and education level (p = 0.020) and job (p = 0.005). also, a significant inverse relationship was observed between diabetes control and physical activity, weight management, and self-care (p < 0.05). conclusions: the results showed that the education level and job could increase self-care, especially in weight management and physical activity domains; therefore, the improvement of these factors would result in better control of diabetes. in terms of job, retired people had more self-care, which could be due to their education level and having enough time for these actions.