Self-Management Status in Patients with Diabetes and Disease Control Indicators in Lamerd City, Iran
| Autor: | Mohammad-Rafi Bazrafshan, Nasrin Shokrpour, Hamed Delam, Hossein Foruozandeh, Mahmood Namjoonasab, Behnam Masmouei, Esmaeil Kavi, Elmira Zarei, Fereidoun Jahangir |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Glucose tolerance test
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| Zdroj: | Jundishapur Journal of Chronic Disease Care. 9 |
| ISSN: | 2322-4207 2322-3758 |
| DOI: | 10.5812/jjcdc.99992 |
| Popis: | Background: Diabetes is a global epidemic with serious complication and there is a clear need for paying special attention to self-management as the cornerstone to optimal control of the disease. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the self-management status and its correlation to disease control indicators in people with diabetes. Methods: In a descriptive cross-sectional study, 220 patients were selected from the list of the referred patients available in Lamerd public health network from December 2014 to June 2015. In the first step, data about demographic information and disease control were collected from the patients’ records. In the second step, the self-management status of each patient was assessed by the Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire developed by Schmitt et al. To analyze the data, independent sample t-test and Pearson correlation coefficient were used. Results: The mean age of the male and female participants was 56.43 ± 13.50 and 56.46 ± 10.49 years old, respectively. The mean duration of the disease was 6.67 ± 4.72 years for men and 7.07 ± 5.30 years for women. Twenty-one (25.9%) men and 60 (43.7%) women had a history of smoking. The results of the Pearson correlation coefficient showed that there was an inverse and statistically significant relationship between diabetes self-management status and weight, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, glucose tolerance test (GTT), LDL, and cholesterol. The results of the t-test did not show significant differences between the level of HbA1C (HbA1C7) and self-management scores of the patients (P > 0.05). Conclusions: Patients with better self-management status were in a better disease control condition with respect to weight, BMI, waist circumference, GTT, LDL, and cholesterol levels. Special attention to the control and management of LDL, cholesterol, HbA1C, BMI, and blood pressure levels is recommended in planning for these patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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