ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the effect of self-practice-oriented teaching method on injection skills, psychological status and blood glucose control of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients receiving pen insulin injection for the first time. Methods A total of 105 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who received insulin injection for the first time were divided into the control group and the observation group according to admission sequence. The control group adopted the method of one-to-one bedside health education of primary nurses. Insulin injection demonstration and disease-related knowledge education were conducted on the day of the medical order to start insulin treatment. Health education was conducted once a day for 3-5 minutes each time for a total of 5 days. The observation group adopted centralized health education, which insulin injection teaching desk, video and other teaching aids, combined with the guidance and correction of primary nurses were used, focusing on the use of teaching aids and self-injection as early as possible during hospitalization. The levels of fasting and postprandial blood glucose, insulin injection skills and anxiety and depression scale (HADS) were compared between the two groups. Results There was no statistically significant difference in blood glucose level, anxiety scores and depression scores between the two groups before the intervention (P>0.05). Two weeks after the hospital discharge, the anxiety and depression scores of the observation group was 7.31 ± 1.78, 7.00 ± 1.73, significantly lower than the anxiety and depression points of the control group 9.33 ± 2.21, 8.61 ± 1.79 (t=2.492, 3.097, P<0.05);The insulin injection skills assessment score of patients in the observation group was (90.90 ± 4.15) points, significantly higher than the points of the control group (83.74 ± 6.22) (t=-6.593,P<0.01);In the observation group, fasting blood glucose and postprandial 2-hour blood glucose were (7.56 ± 1.86) mmol/L and (10.61 ± 2.25) mmol/L, respectively Compared with the control group (8.55 ± 1.96) mmol/L ,(12.91 ± 2.95) mmol/L, there was statistically significant difference between the two groups(t=2.542, 4.301, P<0.05). Conclusion The self-practice-oriented teaching method can effectively alleviate the negative emotions of the patients with the first insulin injection, improve their insulin injection skills to better control blood glucose.