title: Self-efficacy and its interrelation with family environment and metabolic control in Turkish adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between self-efficacy, family environment (cohesion and organization) and metabolic control.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 100 adolescents with diabetes were assessed on a single occasion. Eligibility criteria were an age range of 11-18 yr, diagnosis of type 1 diabetes of at least 1 yr duration, and ability to complete the questionnaire unaided. Adolescents completed self-efficacy and family environment questionnaires. Metabolic control was assessed by HbA1c. Statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 10.0. Independent paired t-tests and Pearson's correlation coefficient were used as test methods.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Boys and girls were comparable on self-efficacy, and self-efficacy scores were quite satisfactory for both boys and girls. There was a significant positive correlation between self-efficacy and family cohesion in girls, but self-efficacy was not related to the family environment (cohesion and organization) and metabolic control in the total sample.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the present study, there was no relationship between self-efficacy, family environment, and metabolic control in the total sample, but in girls, self-efficacy and family cohesion was positively correlated.
authors.affiliation: Marmara University, College of Nursing, Istanbul, Turkey. rukiyepinar@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rukiye
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pinar
authors.forename: Ilknur
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Arslanoglu
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Isgüven
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cizmeci
authors.forename: Hulya
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gunoz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003710:Demography; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012648:Self Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014421:Turkey