Compliance to diabetes self-management in rural El-Mina, Egypt
Compliance to diabetes self-management in rural El-Minia, Egypt
Eman M. Mahfouz1 , Hala I. Awadalla2
Cent Eur J Public Health 2011; 19 (1): 35–41
محتويات
SUMMARY[عدل]
Background[عدل]
Diabetes is a serious public health problem that threatens the quality of life of patiens with diabetes, the success of long-term maintenance therapy for diabetes depends largely on the patients’ compliance with a therapeutic plan.
Aim of this study[عدل]
to assess compliance of diabetic patients to diabetes self-Management in rural El Minia, and to determine the associated factors related to it.
Subjects and Method[عدل]
Cross sectional analytic study. Rural adults identified as having previously diagnosed diabetes were recruited to participate in this study. A total of 206 rural community diabetics were randomly chosen and subjected to interview questionnaire on history of diabetes, type of medication, self-management of diabetes as glucose examination, dietary modification, and eye examination.
Results[عدل]
Mean age of participants was 54±6.3 years and mean duration of diabetes was 12±8 years. Nearly one third of the patients used insulin and more than half used oral hypoglycemic. The results of this study revealed that good adherence to diabetes self-management was reported among 41.7% of adult diabetic patients who show good adherence to diet instructions, but only 21.4% to blood glucose test. There was no gender difference regarding self care of diabetes. Younger age group had more glycemic control than older age; longer duration of diabetes was significantly associated with poor glycemic control.
Conclusion[عدل]
Compliance to self-management of diabetes is suboptimal among rural adult community diabetic.
Key words[عدل]
adherence, diabetic self-care, blood glucose, diet
