The diabetic patients' attention towards their disease and its' influenced factors in community / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To understand the diabetic patients' attention towards their disease and promote the implement of self-management behaviors.Methods The questionnaire designed byThe new community care model in China-community care and management about chronic disease project was used to investigate 387 diabetic patients in two communities in Chengdu,understanding their attention situation to their disease and its' influenced factors.Results 56.1％(217/387) patients were aware of their own disease status.Univariate analysis showed that different communities (x2=40.858),age(x2=8.138),disease duration (x2=4.698),complications of diabetes (x2=31.643),special outpatient service (x2=7.181) had statistically significant influence on patients' attention towards their disease,P＜0.01 or ＜0.05.While Logistic regression analysis showed that different communities(Wald=35.953),complications of diabetes (Wald=20.068),special outpatient service (Wald=7.192) had statistically significant influence on patients' attention towards their disease.Conclusions The diabetic patients' attention towards their disease is insufficient in community,the factors include different communities,complications of diabetes,the medicare form,and it suggests that the community should focus on strengthening the patient's awareness of the disease situation,then effectively improve their self-management behavior.