Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity (Jan 2022)
Personality Traits and Self-Care Behaviors in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Abstract
Geu Mendoza-Catalán,1 Yari Rodríguez-Santamaría,2 Claudia Jennifer Domínguez-Chávez,1 Liliana Leticia Juárez-Medina,2 Alma Angelica Villa-Rueda,1 Javier González-Ramírez,1 Juana Mercedes Gutiérrez-Valverde3 1Faculty of Nursing, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico; 2Faculty of Nursing, Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico; 3Faculty of Nursing, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, MexicoCorrespondence: Javier González-RamírezFacultad de Enfermería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Av. Álvaro Obregón y Calle “G” S/N, Col. Nueva, C.P., Mexicali, 21100, Baja California, MéxicoTel +52 686 905-8257Email [email protected]: Personality traits are an important factor in health behaviors. However, personality traits and self-care in T2DM in the Mexican population are not yet explored due to this; the purpose of this work was to explore the relationship of personality traits with self-care in Mexican adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in a sample of 197 T2DM patients from a primary care center in Oaxaca, Mexico. The Big Five Inventory and the Summary of Diabetes Self-care Activities (SDSCA) were the tools used. Correlation models and multiple linear regression models were used for the analysis.Results: Most of the study participants were women (74.6%). The mean age was 53.1 years (SD = 8.4). The average years of schooling of the participants were 5.7 (SD = 4.3). The number of years lived with T2DM was 9.0 (SD = 6.5). The waist circumference was 96.3 (SD = 14.2), and the BMI was 27.5 kg/m2 (SD = 4.1). The traits of conscientiousness (r = 0.283) and openness (r = 0.259) were positively correlated with self-care activities, while neuroticism was inversely correlated (r = − 0.144). In the multiple linear regression models, only the conscientiousness and openness traits were predictors of self-care; they explained 19% of the variance.Conclusion: People with greater openness and conscientiousness were associated with greater compliance with self-care. Conversely, neuroticism was inversely associated with self-care in patients with T2DM.Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus, adults, traits personality, self-care
