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Introduction: Diabetes is a significant health problem that can lead to death and serious complications. To prevent these outcomes, patients need to adopt specific self-care behaviors. Patients' knowledge about the disease and self-care methods is crucial for achieving desired treatment outcomes. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the state of awareness and self-care performance in patients with type II diabetes.
Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study included 299 patients with type 2 diabetes referred to the diabetes clinic of Dezful City in 2022, selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected using a questionnaire related to self-care knowledge and practice and analyzed using SPSS 16 software with a 95% confidence level.
Results: The results showed that 88.6% of participants were under 60 years old, 67.2% were male, 57.9% lived in urban areas, 54.2% were single, 56.2% were illiterate, and 34.1% had been diagnosed with diabetes for 1 to 5 years. It was found that 93% and 99.3% of participants did not achieve high self-care knowledge and performance scores, respectively. The highest average score was for knowledge about diabetes (3.87 ± 1.35), while the lowest average score was for foot care practice (12.70 ± 3.6).
Conclusion: This study showed that patients with type 2 diabetes have low self-care knowledge and performance. Therefore, it is necessary to modify and improve the self-care programs for these patients.
 

Keywords: Self-care, Knowledge, Diabetes Mellitus.

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