Investigation on health education needs of patients with Type 2 diabetes in one grade 3 and first-class hospital of Chengdu city

VernacularTitle:成都市某三甲医院2型糖尿病患者健康教育需求调查
Author: Jie ZHANG ¹ ; Yun LI ; Rong-Qiong LI ; Qing MA
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1. 四川大学华西医院全科医学科
Keywords: Diabetes,type 2; Health education; Need
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2013;19(6):661-662
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the content and mode of health education needs of patients with Type 2 diabetes in one grade 3 and first-class hospital of Chengdu city.Methods A total of 371 patients with Type 2 diabetes in out-patient department of endocrinology were investigated with self-designed questionnaires of health education needs of diabetic patients.Results The most urgent needs of health education among 371 patients included medical therapy (95.69％),blood glucose monitoring (85.44％) and diet (85.18％).The most popular teachers were medical personnel of three-level hospital (81.67％),and the most popular educational modes were interview (76.55％) and telephone (78.98％).Conclusions Health education should be performed in different modes to satisfy different patients.Besides,it is helpful of strengthening training of primary medical personnel,reinforcing propaganda on novel media and designing educational handbook on diabetic health to improve patients' ability of self-management and their quality of life.