Evaluation of peer support education mode for type 2 diabetes control in rural residents / 中华流行病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the intervention effects of peer support education mode for type 2 diabetes control in rural residents.Methods A random cluster sampling method has been used,including 300 rural residents aged above 18 years old from three villages (184 in control group,116 in intervention group),in order to proceed the physical check-up and health education programs.Unchanged rate,transfer rate of patients,rate of impaired glucose tolerance,turn normal rate and other biochemical indicators of patients and people with impaired glucose tolerance from control group and intervention group were analyzed,to evaluate the intervention effects of peer support education mode.Results The glycemic control rate of intervention group for patients and people with impaired glucose tolerance (72.2％ and 71.4％) were higher than control group (43.6％ and 26.7％),but the unchanged rate of intervention group (13.9％ and 0.0％) were lower than control group (42.3％ and 73.3％).Patients with diabetes or glucose intolerance in the education group improved significantly in waist-to-hip ratio,uric acid,total cholesterol and HDL-C.Glycemic hemoglobin level also improved significantly in diabetes patients of the education group.Conclusion Peer support for education intervention seemed beneficial for diabetic control.The combination of education and effect evaluation was important in the evaluation of diabetes prevention and control.Peer support education also benefited the blood glucose control in general population.