Objective To evaluate the effect of
community health self-management which was carried out by
health club.
Methods A total of 163
health club members attended 6 lessons of standardized
health self-management course during 3 months. The
awareness rate of related healthy
knowledge,
self-management behavior forming rate,BMI,
blood pressure, FBG and other indexes were measured before and after 3 months. Results The average
awareness rate increased significantly after the project(P<0. 05). In terms of
self-management behavior forming condition,the
achievement rates significantly increased in aspects of"Daily
exercise time longer than 30 minutes"and"Daily intake of
vegetables more than 250g"(both P<0. 05). While the average
diastolic pressure among 121 hypertensive participants and
fasting blood -
glucose value of 47 diabetic participants both decreased significantly after the project(both P<0. 05). Conclusion The effect of
education on
community health self-management for
chronic disease prevention which carried out by
health club is positive apparently. It has certain functions on
blood pressure and FBG control while short-term influence on BMI has not been found.