The Effectiveness of Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus Caring Model at Khutan Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Kap Choeng District, Surin Province

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research aimed to study effectiveness of the uncontrolled diabetes mellitus (DM) caring model at Khutan subdistrict health promoting hospital, Kap Choeng district, Surin province. Samples were 42 patients with uncontrolled hypertension and were equally divided equally into an experimental group (n=21) and a control group (n=21). The research instruments consisted of a demographic questionnaire, a knowledge of the diabetes mellitus, a self-care behavior questionnaire, and an uncontrolled DM caring model satisfaction questionnaire with the reliabilities between 0.76-0.83. Data were collected from January to March 2025. Data analysis included frequencies, percentages, means, standard deviations, Chi-square tests, paired sample t-test, and Independent t-test.

Results revealed that, after the experiment, the experimental group had significantly higher mean scores of DM knowledge and self-care behavior than before the experiment (t=-8.38, p<0.05 and t=-15.33, p<0.05, respectively) and higher than those from the control group (t=5.42, p<0.05 and t=4.32, p<0.05, respectively). The experimental group had significantly lower average blood sugar level after the experiment than before the experiment and lower than those from the control group (t-3.30, p<0.05 and t-0.90, p<0.05, respectively). The experimental group’s satisfaction with effectiveness of the program was at the highest level (=4.55, SD=0.49). This results suggested that the model was effective with highest satisfaction among the patients. It should therefore be applied in other settings.