Patient activation measure and its influencing factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

VernacularTitle:2型糖尿病患者积极度及影响因素分析
Author: Lian-Gui SHI ¹ ; Li-Fang ZHANG ; Yan-Ping WU
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1. 421001,衡阳,南华大学护理学院
Keywords: Type 2 diabetics mellitus; Activity level; Influencing factors
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2010;16(20):2367-2370
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the patients activation and analyze its related factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(DM). Methods A total of 102 inpatients and outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were survey by using self-designed questionnaire and the patients activation measure (PAM). Descriptive statistics method and stepwise multiple linear regression were used in this study. Results The score of PAM in type 2 DM were (54.56 ± 11.54) with 25.5% patients at first level, 26.5% patients at second level, 31.4%patients at third level and 16.7% patients at fourth level. The influencing factors included a sense of blood sugar controlling, individual monthly wages and attendance of DM health education. Conclusions The patients activation need to enhance further, especially in patients with bad blood sugar controlling and low income.Enhancing health education of self-management, evaluating patients' activation during health education and making targeted health education plans are helpful for increasing patients' activation.