title: Factors Influencing Intention to Receive Examination of Diabetes Complications.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to understand the situation of diabetes patients receiving examinations for diabetes complications and to explore the factors influencing their intention to receive examinations for diabetes complications.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was performed that included 251 diabetes patients who visited outpatient clinics in Southern Taiwan. A survey using a self-administered questionnaire was conducted from October 2015 to January 2016. The questionnaire included items on demographic characteristics, perceived susceptibility to diabetes complications, perceived seriousness of diabetes complications, perceived benefits of taking action to receive diabetes complication examinations, perceived barriers to taking action to receive diabetes complication examinations, and the intention to receive diabetes complication examinations. The data were analyzed using regression analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The percentage of participants who received fundus, foot, and kidney examinations was 67.7%, 61.4%, and 73.3%, respectively. Every point increase on the perceived barriers to taking action to receive diabetes complication examinations scale increased the intention to receive a foot examination in the following year by 0.91 times (p=.002), and every point increase on the perceived susceptibility to diabetes complications scale increased the intention to receive a kidney examination in the following year by 1.19 times (p=.045).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses should shoulder the responsibility to increase patients' intention to receive examination of diabetes complications. The results of this study can be used to promote nurses' care efficacy in preventing diabetes complications. They can also provide medical institutions with information to establish prevention and control policies for diabetes complications.
authors.affiliation: Community Health Center, Tainan Sin-Lau Hospital, the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Yi-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address: fanny77@seed.net.tw.
authors.forename: Fang-Hsin
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chien-Liang
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Tainan Sin-Lau Hospital, the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ming-Fong
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Medical Affairs, Department of Health, Tainan City Government, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Pei-Hsuan
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000523:psychology; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D010465:Perception; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013624:Taiwan
keywords: diabetes complications; diabetes mellitus; health