健康教育对老年糖尿病血糖控制的影响

目的观察健康教育对老年糖尿病病人血糖控制的影响。方法选取2型糖尿病病人78例,随机分为实验组38例,对照组40例,在原有糖尿病治疗方案不变的基础上对实验组实施系统糖尿病健康教育,对照组不进行系统糖尿病健康教育,观察两组空腹血糖（FBG）、餐后2 h血糖（PBG2h）、糖化血红蛋白（HbA1c）的变化。结果实验组教育后各观察指标稳定下降,与对照组比较差异有显著性（t=4.370～39.891,P〈0.05）。结论糖尿病健康教育能使老年病人掌握糖尿病的基本常识,提高自我管理能力,显著降低血糖水平。

EFFECT OF HEALTH EDUCATION ON BLOOD-SUGAR CONTROL IN THE ELDERLY WITH DIABETES MELLITUS

Objective To observe the influence of health education on blood sugar control in the aged patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods This study consisted of 78 patients with type 2 diabetes,who were randomly divided into experiment group（38 cases）,and control group（40 cases）.Those in the experiment group received health education on diabetes in addition to therapeutic regimen of diabetes for both groups,no health education was provided in the control group.Fasting blood sugar,blood sugar at 2 h after meals,and glycosylated hemoglobin were measured in both groups. Results The levels of above items in the experiment group stably dropped out,compared with the controls,the differences were significant（t=4.370-39.891,P0.05）.Conclusion Health education on diabetes in senior patients can help them understand the basic knowledge about diabetes,raise their ability of self-management and markedly reduce the level of blood sugar.