Author(s): Ouyang Jianying, Huang Yuechan, Yang Lannan, Shunde District Daliang Community Health Serivce Center
Pages: 179-181
Year: 2015 Issue:  2
Journal: Modern Medicine & Health
Keyword:  Diabetes mellitus; type 2; Aged; Community health nursing; Self care; Nursing intervention;
Abstract: Objective To explore the effects of community nursing interventions on self-management behavior of the elderly diabetic(Type2) patients with 65 years old or above. Methods A total of 104 of elderly diabetic patients with 65 years old or above filed in the hospital from October 2012 to September 2013 were divided into the observation group and the control group,(52 samples of each group) respectively. The patients of the control group were taught with routine diabetic knowledge only.Whereas the observation group were not only taught with routine diabetic knowledge but also were made familiy visit and given one-to-one and face-to-face community nursing intervention.The diabetic(Type 2) self-management behavior scale was applied to assess the community nursing effect before and after intervention. Results After 6-month community nursing interventions,the patients in the observation group got higher scores on diet control,physical training,drug compliance,blood glucose monitoring,pedal nursing than those of the control group(P<0.05)[(4.88±0.85)、(5.81±0.59)、(5.51±0.77)、(2.26±0.73)、(3.69±0.36)] vs[(4.06 ±0.89)、(4.32 ±0.83)、(4.12 ±0.67)、(1.67 ±0.52)、(2.03 ±0.61)]. The values of fasting blood glucose and blood glucose 2hours after meal were lower than those of the control group significantly,which haddifference in statistical significance[(6.06±1.36),(10.16±2.33) vs(7.01±1.74)、(11.45±2.52)mmol](P<0.05). Conclusion The implementation of community nursing interventions could improve the self-management behavior of diabetic(Type 2) patients of 65 years old or above significantly.