Effect of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention on blood glucose control of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
10.3760/j.issn.1674-2907.2014.09.029
- VernacularTitle:中医护理干预对老年2型糖尿病患者血糖控制效果的影响
- Author:
Sujun HUANG
1
Author Information
1. 315700 浙江省象山县第一人民医院输液室
- Keywords:
Traditional Chinese medicine;
Nursing;
Elderly;
Diabetes mellitus,type 2
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2014;20(9):1070-1072
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention on blood glucose control of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus .Methods A total of 80 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group , each with 40 cases. The observation group received Chinese medicine nursing intervention while the control group received conventional nursing .The level of blood glucose control was compared between two groups after six months . Results Fasting and postprandial blood glucose was respectively (7.71 ±1.00)and (6.42 ±1.01 )mmol/L in the observation group , lower than ( 9.56 ±1.61 ) and ( 7.31 ±1.08 ) mmol/L in the control group , with statistically significant differences ( t=6.31 ,5.74 , respectively;P<0.05 ) .The total effective rate was 77.5%in the observation group and 60.0% in the control group , with statistically significant difference (χ2 =5.73 , P<0.05 ) .Conclusions The traditional Chinese medicine nursing interventions can effectively control the blood glucose of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus , which is worthy promotion and application .
