The Effect of Diabetic Health Education on Improving the Diabetic Knowledge Score and Glucose Metabolism / 中国医师杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe the effects of diabetic health education on improving the diabetic knowledge score(DKS) and glucose metabolism.Methods 119 diabetic patients were randomly divided into two groups,in addition to conventional therapy,the experimental group of 64 cases received one month diabetic health education,however,the control group of 55 cases was only treated with conventional therapy.Drug therapy of all patients was not changed during the observation.The changes of fasting blood glucose(FBG),post-prandial two-hour blood glucose(PBG),glycosylated hemoglobin(HbA 1c),diabetic knowledge score were detected.Results FBG,PGB,diabetic knowledge score were significantly improved after diabetic health education in experimental group(P0 05).Conclusion Diabetic health education can improve the DKS and glucose metabolism in diabetic patients.