Using the results of a health promotion program Sufficiency along with the Muslim way of disease control behavior and blood sugar levels of diabetic patients, Muslims who control blood sugar levels did not use it

Abstract

     This quasi-experimental research aimed to examine the The Effect of Health Sufficiency Promotion Program with Muslim Ways of Living on Diabetic Control Behavior and Blood Sugar Level of Uncontrolled Diabetes in Muslims. The recruited sample comprised 60 uncontrolled DM Muslim patients who were attending at diabetes clinics Panarehospitals in Pattani Province. Purposive sampling was used to select subjects according to the inclusion criteria Sex, Age and Blood Sugar Level. Patients were divided into two groups: 30 patients in the experimental group received the Health Sufficiency Promotion Program for eight weeks and 30 patients in the control group received normal nursing care. The intervention tools that is the Health Sufficiency Promotion Program with Muslim Ways of Living and and data collection tools included demographic data and health data forms, diabetic control behavior
questionnaires scored on a scale of 15-60, and glucometer. All instruments were examined for content validity by three experts. The program was tested for it applicability by five nurses. The reliability of diabetic control behaviors questionnaire was tested by using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient yielding a value of 0.82. Demographic data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, differences in general data tested with chi square statistics and independent statistics, and the hypothesis tested through paired t-test and independent t-test.

     The result revealed that for the experimental group, the mean score of diabetic control behaviors posttest was significantly higher than that at pretest (42.23 vs 35.93, p < .001) and the mean score of blood sugar level was lower than that at pretest (121.40 vs 225.13, p < .001). For the control group, the mean score of diabetic control behaviors posttest and pretest were not significantly different and the mean score of blood sugar level posttest and pretest were not significantly different (p = .823 and p = .713). The mean score of diabetic control behaviors posttest of the experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group (42.23 vs 33.26 p < .001) and the mean score of blood sugar level was significantly lower than the control group (121.40 vs 230.53 p < .001) Health Promotion self-sufficiency, Muslim style, diabetic patients