Correlated Study of Family Care and Treatment Compliance Degrees to Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy / 昆明医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the relationship among family care, vision, degree of visual damage and treatment compliance in patients with type 2 diabetes to provide basic data for improving the clinical treatment for diabetic retinopathy. Methods Visual acuity was corrected and retinopathy was examined respectively in 127 patients with diabetic retinopathy. Family care and treatment compliance degrees were evaluated with APGAR index questionnaires and diabetes treatment compliance questionnaires. An analysis of the relationship between factors above followed. Results There was significant difference in family care index in patients with diabetic retinopathy and that in normal control group. The total scores of family APGAR, family fitness, emotion, sexual intimacy were significantly correlated with treatment compliance and visual damage. There was no significant correlation between compliance and retinopathy. Conclusion This reaserch indicates family APGAR scores,family fitness, emotional score, sexual intimacy scores were significantly correlated with treatment compliance, and treatment compliance of patients with diabetes is positively correlate with family support.