| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立台北護理學院 === 護理研究所 === 94 === Aims: The objective of this study was to conduct a diabetic health improving program (DHIP) in the community and evaluated participants’ physical data and quality of life for the consideration of developing a practical diabetic healthcare guideline.
Methods: Our study subjects were recruited from the “Sugar, blood pressure and lipid screening 2004” database of Shilin district health center in Taipei city. The eligible criteria were diabetics aged 40 years old and over and lived in Shilin district. The untreated control group design with pretest and posttest was used. We collected participants’ quality of life and their physical data. Participants enrolled in the “intervention group” would receive four times of DHIP courses, three times of phone follows and two times of diabetic fellowship activities which was directed by professionals and supported by the same generation to improve their self-care ability. The “non-intervention group” was participants who did not fully attend the DHIP courses and would not receive any follow-up or consulting services. Two groups were compared to each other after three months. We used demographic analysis, frequencies, means, percentages, descriptives, independent t-test and paired t-test by SPSS version 12.0.
Result: There were 24 participants enrolled in the intervention group and 11 participants in the non-intervention group. After intervention, the physical data of intervention group were better than non-intervention group (p<0.05). The same result was also found on their quality of life score (p<0.05).
Conclusion: Based on the progression of physical data and quality of life of diabetics, the DHIP seemed to be an effective and feasible health promoting program of diabetics in the community.
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