Life Style of Diabetes Patients: A comparative study of good controlled and uncontrolled group in Chiangyuen Health Promoting Hospital ,Udonthani Province

Abstract

The purpose of this mixed methodology study was to compare the life styles of Type 2        Diabetes patients in the responsible of Chiangyuen Health Promoting Hospital, Udonthani       Province. The participants divided in to two groups, 13 good controlled (blood glucose 80-       130 mg% more than 6 months) and 21 uncontrolled diabetes patients (blood glucose more than    180 mg% more than 6 months) by purposive sampling. The research questionnaires was content    validated by 3 special experts (IOC=0.68) and were tried out within 5 diabetes patients. Data     collected from January to March 2018. Descriptive statistics and content analysis were used in this study.

The study founds (1) Personal characteristic and health status of those patients were      different. Most of the good controlled group had age between 61-70and graduated primary school, the uncontrolled group age between 51-60 and 14.3% did not attended school. Health status, all of the good controlled group had ability of self care, maintained a normal blood      glucose level .14.3% of the uncontrolled group had less self care, had higher blood glucose level which 76.2 % had blood glucose between 180-250mg% and 23.8% more than 250 mg%. One-third of this group had admitted in hospital with hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia while another had none. (2) Family characteristic, both groups lived in extended families with 4-6 members and 19.1% of uncontrolled group had chronic diseases in families .(3) Family and social support, 76.9% of the good controlled group were influence and received strong support from their families while 66.7 % of uncontrolled group had  received. (4) Lifestyle, good controlled group lived a more healthy life style. 84.6% taking a proper diet, 84.6% regular exercise had done, 69.2% got the proper sleep time. 76.9% had better stress   management, 30.8% took regularly feet care. 84.6% took medication as prescribed by their doctors, 76.9% had regularly follow up. Furthermore, the uncontrolled group practice less self care, 71.4 % had not received a proper diet. 85.7% had no regularly exercise, 42.9% had in-proper sleep time, 30.4% had inappropriate stress management, 66.7% had irregularly feet care, 90.5% had not followed medical prescription. 23.8% lost routine follow up. From the results, health care providers should  promote patients to realized taking care of their self and encourage families to support diabetes patients to have healthier lifestyle.