Karimi Fatemeh, Abedini Sedigheh, Mohseni Shokrollah
M.Sc. Student of Health Education, Health School, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Assistant Professor of Health Education, Social Determinants on Health Promotion Research Center, Faculty of Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Electron Physician. 2017 Nov 25;9(11):5863-5867. doi: 10.19082/5863. eCollection 2017 Nov.
Diabetes self-care helps to control the blood sugar which, in turn, results in a better state of health. However, more than 50% of diabetic patients do not have self-care capabilities.
To determine type 2 diabetes self-care capabilities among patients visiting a Bandar Abbas diabetes clinic in 2016.
The present descriptive-analytical research was of a cross-sectional type. The sample was comprised of 120 patients afflicted with type 2 diabetes, who had been selected through the simple randomized sampling method. The data collection instrument was a questionnaire comprised of two sections: demographic information, and a summary of patients' diabetes self-care activities. A 7-point Likert scale was used for the rating. The final score would be interpreted as any of the three levels: good (acceptable) (75-100), moderate (50-74) and poor (below 50). The data entered SPSS version 18.0 for the required statistical analyses.
The mean age of the sample was 51.88±10.12 years. Of the 120 subjects, 86 were female (71.7%) and 34 were male (28.3%). The findings revealed that the self-care capability of 83 subjects (69.2%) was poor; capability of 28 subjects was moderate (23.3%) and the same score of good/acceptable in 9 subjects (7.5%).
The results of the present research indicate that a large number of diabetic patients have a poor self-care capability. Due to the key role of such activities in a diabetic patient's life, it is suggested to include educational programs to increase the level of self-care capabilities among these patients.
糖尿病自我护理有助于控制血糖，进而带来更好的健康状态。然而，超过50%的糖尿病患者没有自我护理能力。
确定2016年就诊于阿巴斯港糖尿病诊所的患者的2型糖尿病自我护理能力。
本描述性分析研究为横断面研究类型。样本由120例2型糖尿病患者组成，通过简单随机抽样方法选取。数据收集工具是一份问卷，包括两个部分：人口统计学信息和患者糖尿病自我护理活动总结。采用7点李克特量表进行评分。最终得分将被解释为以下三个水平之一：良好（可接受）（75 - 100）、中等（50 - 74）和差（低于50）。数据录入SPSS 18.0版本进行所需的统计分析。
样本的平均年龄为51.88±10.12岁。在120名受试者中，86名是女性（71.7%），34名是男性（28.3%）。研究结果显示，83名受试者（69.2%）的自我护理能力较差；28名受试者的能力中等（23.3%），9名受试者的得分良好/可接受（7.5%）。
本研究结果表明，大量糖尿病患者的自我护理能力较差。由于此类活动在糖尿病患者生活中的关键作用，建议纳入教育项目以提高这些患者的自我护理能力水平。
