Application of Plan-Do-Check-Act( PDCA) cycle in reducing the incidence of hypoglycemia in inpatients diabetes management / 中国基层医药

ABSTRACT

Objective To apply the Plan -Do -Check -Act ( PDCA ) cycle in glucose management in inpatients with diabetes , in order to decrease the incidence of hypoglycemia and related complications .Methods 517 inpatients with diabetes were divided into 4 groups according to the quarter ,the monthly incidence rates of hypo-glycemia were collected.The association of monthly incidence of hypoglycemia with age (≥65 years),longer diabetic history (≥5 years),lower C-peptide (<0.370nmol/L),receiving combined regimen (basal insulin plus 3 doses of pre-prandial short-acting insulin ) were analyzed .PDCA cycle was applied for hypoglycemia detection and etiolo-gy control in order to achieve quality improvement via effective glucose control measures .Theχ2 test was used to ana-lyze the incidence of the hypoglycemia in each group .The hypoglycemic incidence based on different characteristics , were also compared with the overall hypoglycemic incidences of all patients .Results The incidence of hypoglycemia was significantly reduced with the application of PDCA cycle in inpatients with diabetes ,from 44.09％ in the first quarter to 13.04％ in the fourth quarter (χ2 =32.815,P<0.001).The annual hypoglycemic incidence rate was 26.89％.The patients with low C-peptide or receiving combined regimen had significantly higher incidence rate of hypoglycemia (53.57％and 31.88％) as compared to general inpatients with diabetes (χ2 =35.721,7.105,all P<0.05).Conclusion The application of PDCA cycle can effectively decrease the incidence of hypoglycemia ,and it can be a great asset for management of inpatients with diabetes .