Influence of diabetes educators in diabetic patients' health education
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2013.01.013
- VernacularTitle:糖尿病教育护理师对糖尿病患者健康教育效果的影响
- Author:
Ai-Jun ZHANG
1
;
Zong-Juan MA
;
Mao-Long GAO
Author Information
1. 100095,北京老年医院内分泌科
- Keywords:
Diabetes;
Health education;
Diabetes educator;
Rate of knowledge
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2013;19(1):40-43
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the important role of diabetes educators in diabetic patients'health education process.Methods A total of 73 diabetic patients were evaluated by the same self-designed questionnaire before and after health education by diabetes educators,and the results were compared.Results After health education,the rate of 73 diabetic patients' diet knowledge including total calorie,amount of staple food,non-staple food,oil,vegetable and fruit were respectively 90.4％,97.3％,98.6％,98.6％,98.6％ and 95.9％,all of which were higher than those before health education (26.0％,78.1％,68.5％,42.5％,58.9％ and 71.2％),and the differences were statistically significant (x2 =43.31,12.25,20.17,39.09,29.12,14.73,respectively; P ＜ 0.01).After the diabetes health education,the rate of 73 diabetic patients' insulin types knowledge was 64.4％,was higher than this before health education (45.2％),the difference was statistically significant (x2 =10.29,P ＜ 0.01).The rate of patients' self-monitoring behaviors including keeping a diary,recording special events,measuring blood pressure weekly,testing HbA1 c every three months,doing fundus examination at regular intervals and inspecting blood fat,liver and kidney function regularly after health education were respectively 91.8％,98.6％,98.6％,98.6％,98.6％ and 98.6％,obviously higher than those before education (32.9％,24.7％,46.6％,39.7％,50.7％ and 54.8％),and the differences were statistically significant (x2 =39.34,52.07,36.10,41.09,33.11,30.11,respectively; P ＜0.01).Conclusions The diabetes educators play an important role in improving diabetes patients' level of healthy knowledge.
