en پژوهشی اصيل Original Research <strong>Aims:</strong> Diabetes is a common disease manageable by self-care behaviors. Although studies have identified facilitators such as support, self-efficacy, and inhibitors such as insufficient information about diabetes and inadequate incentive for self-care behaviors, there has been no comprehensive qualitative study of Iranian diabetic patients and their self-care behaviors. This study aimed to determine the facilitators and inhibiting factors in type 2 diabetic patients&rsquo; self-care behavior.<br> <strong>Participants & Methods:</strong> Using a qualitative content analysis approach, 19 Iranian patients with type 2 diabetes between 30-60 years were purposefully selected. Semi-structured interviews helped collect data until saturation was reached after 25 interviews. Data were analyzed using the content analysis method.<br> <strong>Findings: </strong>Researchers found two main themes indicating facilitators and inhibitors of self-care behavior and derived ten sub-themes. Perceived facilitators to self-care behaviors were diabetes as a life-threatening disease, self-control, self-efficacy in self-care, and support for self-care. Self-care inhibitors were personal inefficiencies, the others&rsquo; beliefs about diabetes treatment, lack of support, perceived threat to self-identity for being a diabetic, arbitrary control, and perceived helplessness.<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Self-care behaviors among Iranian patients with type 2 diabetes are affected by multiple factors such as personal beliefs and attitudes, family and community support, and self-efficacy. Diabetes Mellitus-Type 2,Self-Care,Qualitative Research 187 194 http://jccs.yums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 T. Heidari 10031947532846005626 10031947532846005626 No Student Research Committee, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran S.F. Zainat Motlagh 10031947532846005627 10031947532846005627 No Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran A. Afrasiabifar 10031947532846005628 10031947532846005628 No Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran N. Hosseini hosseini.nazafarin@yums.ac.ir 10031947532846005629 10031947532846005629 Yes Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran M. Fooladi 10031947532846005630 10031947532846005630 No World Wide Nursing Service Network, El Paso, Texas-United States