A qualitative research on gestational diabetic patients' primary use of real-time blood glucose monitoring
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2017.07.010
- VernacularTitle:妊娠糖尿病患者初次使用实时动态血糖监测的质性研究
- Author:
Lifang YANG
;
Fei XIAO
;
Rong HUANG
;
Yanping XU
;
Lingli DING
- Keywords:
gestational diabetes;
real-time glucose monitoring;
qualitative research
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2017;16(7):39-42
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the inner feelings of gestational diabetes at their primary use of the real-time blood glucose monitoring. Method Using the qualitative method, 10 gestational diabetic patients monitored their blood glucose using the real-time blood glucose monitoring for the first time and then were interviewed, the acquired results treated with phenomenological analysis. Result The inner feelings of the 10 patients were summarized including 5 themes:worry about the safety of the fetus, fear on alarming at monitoring, different views on four times input of finger blood glucose values, worry about inaccuracy in blood glucose monitoring data, changes in mental conditions and diets. Conclusion Health care workers should provide the gestational diabetic patients with targeted care strategies based on presence of psychological status and knowledge needs so as to improve their compliance, reduce the psychological burden of patients and control their blood glucose level.
