Health literacy management by family doctors on action-awareness merging of diabetic patients:effect analysis
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6672.2017.03.023
- VernacularTitle:家庭医生糖尿病健康素养管理对患者知行合一的效果分析
- Author:
Derong PENG
;
Xinping ZHAO
;
Fenhong YANG
;
Wei SHEN
;
Guiying WU
- Keywords:
Action-awareness merging;
Diabetes;
Health literacy;
Management;
Effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hospital Administration
2017;33(3):235-238
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To intervene and appraise the health literacy of diabetic patients entering contracts with family doctors in pilot communities,and learn the effect and feasibility of health literacy management by family doctors for diabetic patients.Methods By means of community intervention study and questionnaire survey,560 diabetic patients as mentioned above in Shanghai were subject to a baseline assessment on their health literacy,followed by management and routine follow-up on their diabetic health literacy.At the end of six months of comprehensive intervention,their health literacy was appraised again to observe the effects of such management.Results Six months of guidance and management found the average scoring of the health literacy of these patients 23.46 over the baseline,an increase of 36.8% of the patients in their compliance of the four basic diabetic diet behaviors,and an increase of 27.8% of them in regular and quantitative exercises.Conclusions It is feasible for community family doctors to carry out the health literacy management for diabetic patients contracted,and health literacy management can change the awareness and behaviors of such patients to some extent.
