Diabetes health promotion behaviors for clients with TYPE 2 diabetes mellitus at wasit governorate

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is a metabolic condition that can be brought on by a variety of factors and circumstances. Humans are unable to adequately digest carbohydrates, lipids, or proteins. Elevated blood sugar levels can lead to heart and renal failure. Objective: (1) To identify the association between clients' age, family's socioeconomic status, duration of illness, body mass index, and their health promoting behaviors. (2) Investigate the differences in clients' health promoting behaviors between the groups of gender, level of education, marital status, residency, family history of diabetes mellitus, and type of medication received. Methods: The current study conducted on (200) individuals with type 2 diabetes who visited primary healthcare facilities in Wasit Governorate between 15 March 2022 and 30 November 2022. It is conducted using a descriptive correlational design. T2DHPS which has 28 total items, was one of the study's face to face data collection instruments, along with a sociodemographic sheet for the participants. Results: The vast majority of individuals with type 2 diabetes are overweight, between the ages of 54 and 64, live in urban areas (42% of the sample population), and are predominantly male. Researcher found that most participants maintained a moderate degree of health-promoting actions. Greater levels of education and higher median monthly household incomes were also related with more healthier lifestyle choices among the participants in this study.The study also discovered a negative correlation between BMI, disease duration, and healthy lifestyle choices. Conclusion: There was a statistically significant correlation between the clients' health-promoting behaviors and family's socioeconomic status, duration of illness and body mass index. Clients' health-promoting behaviors vary depending on their gender, level of education, marital status, place of residence, family history of diabetes, and type of medicine they take.