Health Promotion Behavior among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ? A Cross Sectional Survey

A Cross sectional survey was conducted to assess the health promotion behavior of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study was conducted in selected government hospitals of Udupi district, Karnataka. Health promotion behavior (HPB) was measured by a questionnaire on Health promotion behavior for type 2 diabetes developed by the researcher. Data was collected after obtaining informed consent. HPB was categorized as poor, average and good. Majority (63 %) of the patients had average HPB in dietary adherence, whereas most (43 %) of them had good HPB in exercise and majority (66 %) of them had good adherence to drug regimen. Majority (61 %) had average adherence to overall HPB.