Effectiveess of Decreasing Blood Glucose Level Program among Elderly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Sukhothai Province

Abstract

The objective of this study was to develop and examine the effectiveness of decreasing blood glucose level program among elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The study was conducted in 3 phases. The first phase aimed to assess factors associate with blood glucose level among elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The samples were 330 participants recruited by multistage random sampling. A questionnaire was administered by face to face interviews and analysis by Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient. The result showed that such variables as duration of type 2 diabetes mellitus, body mass index, medical behavior, taking medicine, eating behavior, stress management, physical activity were  associated with blood glucose level among elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus statistical signify cance (p<0.05). The second phase was to construct a decreasing blood glucose level program which consisted of the study on needs suggested by stakeholders and the content validity which was approved by experts. The resulting program consisted of 4 steps: (1) the learning diabetes mellitus and control; (2) exchange experiences; (3) practice in decreasing blood glucose level (4) stimulus activity and counseling. The third phase was to evaluate effectiveness of decreasing blood glucose level program; and it was found that there was a significant decreasing in the average score of decreasing blood glucose level after the intervention (p<0.05). Therefore, this decreasing blood glucose level program should be stimulus activity and counseling from health personnel.