TY - JOUR AU - Siregar, Rinco AU - Stongpat, Sunantha AU - Wattanakul, Boontuan PY - 2018/11/07 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - INCREASING SELF-EFFICACY TO REGULATE EXERCISE IN ADULT PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS JF - Belitung Nursing Journal JA - Belitung Nurs J VL - 4 IS - 6 SE - Original Research Article DO - 10.33546/bnj.586 UR - https://www.belitungraya.org/BRP/index.php/bnj/article/view/586 SP - 596-601 AB - <p><strong>Background:</strong> Self-efficacy has been described as dominant factor associated with physical exercise in adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, but to improve self-efficacy to regulate exercise of adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is a challenge for health workers<strong>.</strong></p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study was to determine the effect of exercise consultation program on self-efficacy to regulate exercise in adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A quasi-experimental study with two comparison groups was purposively designed for pre-test and post-test procedures. Sixty-one<span class="hps"> patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus were </span>allocated into <span class="hps">the experimental group (31 patients) and the control group (29 patients).</span> While the experimental group received the exercise consultation for 12 weeks and routine care, the control group received routine care only. Comparative assessments on differences in self-efficacy to regulate exercise were examined both within and between groups using paired or unpaired t-test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After receiving exercise consultation program, self-efficacy to regulate exercise significantly increased within the experimental group (<em>p </em>&lt; .05), but there was no significant change with in the control group. &nbsp;Between groups, there was a significant difference self-efficacy to regulate exercise in adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (<em>p</em> &lt; .05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>T<span class="hps">he exercise consultation program could increase self-efficacy to promote the physical exercise among adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.</span></p> ER -