Characteristics of Diabetes Self-Care Agency in Japan Based on Statistical Cluster Analysis.

Introduction: Considering the situation where the number of people with diabetes is increasing, we need to find ways to support more efficient and effective outpatient clinics. Therefore, it is necessary to develop effective support methods and to elaborate a strategy as a system for support after grasping the characteristics of the entire population of people with diabetes.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the characteristics of the diabetes population in outpatient settings by differences in self-care agency and to examine how to support them based on the recognized characteristics.

Difficulties in daily life and the association with self-care ability in adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Japan: A cross-sectional study.

Aim: To identify the unique contents of difficulties experienced in daily life among adult type 1 diabetes mellitus patients and to determine how basic characteristics and diabetic-related self-care agency are associated with difficulties in daily life.

Methods: This study used two surveys: "Difficulties in Daily Life," which was a questionnaire developed for this survey and "Instrument of Diabetes Self-Care Agency." These two measures were then used with demographic information for cross-sectional analysis.