The use of diabetes-specific perceived control and health belief measures to predict treatment choice and efficacy in a feasibility study of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion pumps |
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Authors: | Clare Bradley Deborah S. Gamsu Jennifer L. Moses Graham Knight Andrew J. M. Boulton John Drury |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , University of Sheffield , Sheffield, UK;2. Royal Hallamshire Hospital , Sheffield, UK;3. Middlesbrough General Hospital , Middlesbrough, UK |
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Abstract: | Abstract In the course of a feasibility study of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion pumps, 382 insulin-requiring diabetic patients were offered a choice of CSII, intensified conventional treatment or conventional treatment. Two hundred and eighty-six (75%) patients completed newly developed diabetes-specific measures of health beliefs and attributions before any change of treatment regimen. The scales were useful predictors of patients' choice of treatment. Furthermore, they were useful in predicting efficacy of treatment in terms of glycosylated haemoglobin measures of diabetes control after one year of treatment in the study. The implications of the findings for introducing patients to new forms of treatment are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Type I diabetes mellitus CSII attributions health beliefs. |
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