Evaluation of effect of community health education on type 2 diabetes mellitus patients / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To probe into the effect of community health education in comprehensive treatment of type 2 diabetes mellltus(T2DM)patients.Methods 120 cases of T2DM patients were claasified randomly into the intervention group(55 cases)and the control group (65 cases).After systematic diabetes knowledge education was given to the intervention group,individualized intensive education was accepted by each patient of the intervention group.General diabetic education was taken by the control group.The levels of plasma glucose,urinary glucoee,glycosylated hemoglobin and blood-fat were tested before and 3,6 months after education.Results Six months after education,the level of self care ability,self care technique,self care sense of responsibility and health knowledge were higher than those before education in both groups.And six months after education the levels of HbAlc,TC and TG in the intervention group and the control group improved obviously.All indicators in the intervention group were better than those in the control group.Conctusions Community health education can effectively improve self care ability,self care technique,self care sense of responsibility and health knowledge of diabetes patients,and can improve their glucolipide metabolic level as well.