PMID- 36875195
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20230307
IS  - 1394-195X (Print)
IS  - 2180-4303 (Electronic)
IS  - 1394-195X (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 1
DP  - 2023 Feb
TI  - Gender and Ethnic Differences in Diabetes Self Care in Malaysia: An Individual 
      Participant Meta-Analysis of Summary of Diabetes Self Care Activities Studies.
PG  - 162-171
LID - 10.21315/mjms2023.30.1.14 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Many published studies in Malaysia have examined and assessed self 
      care among type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients using the Summary of Diabetes 
      Self Care Activities (SDSCA) scale. The current paper is a meta-analysis of 
      related studies that also examines how gender and ethnicity influence and shape 
      T2DM self care practices in Malaysia. METHODS: We undertook a bibliographic 
      search for studies conducted and published in Malaysia on T2DM adults using the 
      SDSCA scale. This is a two-stage individual participant meta-analysis of SDSCA 
      which synthesised the overall and subscale score based on gender and ethnic 
      groups as well as the correlation between SDSCA and HbA1c. RESULTS: We examined 
      11 studies that utilised SDSCA to analyse 3,720 T2DM patients. The overall SDSCA 
      score was 33.46 (47.8% of the 7-day week). The subscale score for general diet, 
      specific diet, exercise, blood glucose self-monitoring and foot care were 4.80, 
      4.09, 2.87, 1.80 and 3.21, respectively. A small but statistically significant 
      better self care in some gender or ethnic groups was noted. The SDSCA diet 
      subscale and HbA1c showed statistically significant correlation. CONCLUSION: The 
      finding suggested Malaysian T2DM patients were deficient in exercise and blood 
      glucose self-monitoring. In fact, overall self care among Malaysian adult T2DM 
      patients appears to be suboptimal across gender and the three main ethnic groups. 
      Greater efforts are therefore needed to educate Malaysian adult T2DM patients to 
      improve their self care practices.
CI  - (c) Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2023.
FAU - Teng, Cheong Lieng
AU  - Teng CL
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, International Medical University, Negeri Sembilan, 
      Malaysia.
FAU - Lee, Verna Kar Mun
AU  - Lee VKM
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, International Medical University, Negeri Sembilan, 
      Malaysia.
FAU - Malanashita, Ganeson
AU  - Malanashita G
AD  - Department of Family Medicine, International Medical University, Negeri Sembilan, 
      Malaysia.
FAU - Sulaiman, Lokman Hakim
AU  - Sulaiman LH
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, 
      Malaysia.
FAU - Bujang, Mohamad Adam
AU  - Bujang MA
AD  - Clinical Research Centre, Sarawak General Hospital, Sarawak, Malaysia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20230228
PL  - Malaysia
TA  - Malays J Med Sci
JT  - The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS
JID - 101126308
PMC - PMC9984106
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Malaysia
OT  - adult
OT  - meta-analysis
OT  - self care
OT  - type 2 diabetes mellitus
COIS- Conflict of Interest None.
EDAT- 2023/03/07 06:00
MHDA- 2023/03/07 06:01
PMCR- 2023/02/01
CRDT- 2023/03/06 04:06
PHST- 2022/03/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/06/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2023/03/06 04:06 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/03/07 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/03/07 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2023/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - mjms3001_art14_oa [pii]
AID - 10.21315/mjms2023.30.1.14 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Malays J Med Sci. 2023 Feb;30(1):162-171. doi: 10.21315/mjms2023.30.1.14. Epub 
      2023 Feb 28.