Application of Self-care Behavior Promotion Program and Social Support For Diabetic Patients at Ban Khaotakhong Heaith Promoting Hospital, Kasetwisai District, Roi Et Province, Thailand

Abstract

Diabetes patients who cannot control blood sugar levels risk for incurrent disease. Therefore, encouraging patients to have potential and good self-care behaviors is important. This quasi-experimental research aimed to study the effects of self-care behavioral programs and social support on diabetic patients at the sub-district health promoting hospital of Ban Khaowtakong, Kasetwisai, Roi-Et, Thailand. The sample groups were consisted of 34 patients in experimental group and 34 patients in control group. Data were collected using questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistics, such as percentage, mean and standard deviation. Inferential statistics namely, paired samples t-test and independent samples t-test were used for comparing mean score of the knowledge and behaviors.After the experiment, the results showed that the health knowledge and behavior of experimental group were improved. In addition, the experimental group had significantly higher score on health knowledge and behavior than the control group (p<0.001). Moreover, the blood glucose level in the experimental group was significant decreased after experiment and significantly lower than the control group (p<0.001). In summary, promoting diabetes patients to self-care with using knowledge sharing among the diabetes patients, training for food consumption appropriate to diabetes, exercising and emotional controlling together with social supporting can be used as a guideline for developing health behaviors and controlling blood sugar levels in diabetic patients.