Reviewers
Authors
1 Food Security Research Center, School of Nutrition and Food Science, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences,
2 Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
3 Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
4 Department of Public Health, School of Public Health, Fars University of Medical Sciences, Fars, Iran
Abstract
Introduction and Goal: In diseases and disorders such as diabetes, treatment and disease
management depends mostly on patient’s performance. So, self‑care is very important in these
patients and they can affect their own welfare, functional capabilities, and disease processes by
achieving self‑care skills. Nowadays, we know that self care follows individual, psychological
and social factors which its recognition can assist health care providing systems to carry out
educational programs. This study aimed to investigate the role of perceived benefits and barriers
in doing self‑care behaviors among diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: This study is a
narrative review and articles with sectional, cohort, and interventional, clinical trial, qualitative
and narrative designs were chosen using databases and academic search engines such as
PubMed, SCOPUS, ProQuest, Elsevier and key words like self‑care diabetes, perceived benefits
and barriers. Persian articles were also selected using databases like IRANMEDEX, MEDLIB,
as well as searching the articles in sites of domestic scientific magazines. Results: Reviewed
articles’ findings show the average situation of perceived benefits and barriers in diabetic
patients regarding self‑care. Qualified blood sugar (glucose) control, weight control, happiness
feeling and expenses reduction are the most important perceived benefits. The most significant
perceived barriers in self‑care consist of lack of family support, shame feeling, forgetfulness
and not being able to ignore foods’ flavor. Conclusion: Perceived benefits and barriers, as
central constructs in some patterns and theories of behavior change, were related to self‑care,
so that it was directly related to perceived benefits and reversely related to perceived barriers.
Therefore, these two constructs can be considered as strategies for promoting self‑care
behaviors in diabetic patients.
Keywords
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