Effects of online and offline peer support on the quality of life in middle-aged and elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the community
10.3760/cma.j.cn115682-20200429-03092
- VernacularTitle:线上线下同伴支持对社区中老年2型糖尿病患者生存质量的影响
- Author:
Chuanfang CHENG
1
;
Shanping GUO
;
Yuanyuan CHEN
;
Gongxiang DUAN
Author Information
1. 南华大学护理学院，衡阳 421001
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus;
Community;
Online and offline peer support;
Quality of life
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2020;26(34):4783-4787
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To explore the effects of online and offline peer support on the quality of life in middle-aged and elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the community.Methods:Two sub-communities were selected from a community health service center in Hengyang, Hunan province, and randomly divided into the control community and the intervention community by coin tossing. From November 2018 to March 2019, totally 40 middle-aged and elderly T2DM patients who met inclusion criteria were enrolled from the control and intervention communities and included into the control group and the intervention group, respectively. Patients in the control group received routine community care, while patients in the intervention group received online and offline peer support for 6 months on the basis of routine care. The quality of life, body mass index (BMI) and fasting blood glucose (FBG) were compared between the two groups before intervention, 3 months and 6 months after intervention.Results:After 3 months of intervention, the psychological function, social relationship, quality of life scores of the intervention group were lower than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P< 0.05) ; after 6 months of intervention, the psychological function, social relationship, quality of life, BMI and FBG of the intervention group were lower than those of the control group, and the differences were statistically significant ( P< 0.01) . Conclusions:Online and offline peer support can decrease the FBG, improve psychological function and social relationship of middle-aged and elderly T2DM patients in the community, and improve their quality of life.
