The Effects of a Self-management Promotion Program on Self-care Behaviors and Blood Sugar Levels of Elderly Diabetic Patients According to the Concept of Integrated Health Management in the Community

Abstract

     This research was quasi experimental Research compared before and after the experiment in the same group. The objective is to study the effect of the self-management promotion program on self-care behavior and blood sugar levels of elderly diabetic patients. According to the concept of integrated health conditions management in the community Between August 2022 - August 2023, the sample of 32 people were elderly diabetics with poor blood sugar levels (HbA1c ³ 7.0%), by calculating the sample size with Jacob Cohen’s G*Power version 3.1.9.4 program and Simple Random Sampling with an un replacement method. Collecting data using general records, blood pressure and blood pressure levels by primary care nurses. 4 aspects of health behavior questionnaire, and designing a self-management promotion program by applying the concept of Creer‘s 6-step nursing theory to apply self-management to change health behavior, analyzing data using descriptive statistics, and comparing.
     The results of the study found that Elderly diabetic patients after receiving a program to promote self-management of behavior. Self-care and this level Blood sugar in elderly diabetic patients. According to the concept of integrated health management in the community, elderly diabetic patients had a average score of health behavior in 4 aspects after receiving the program higher than before receiving the program. And the blood sugar value HbA1c after receiving the program decreased from before receiving the programs, statically significant.