The effect of health care model for type 2 diabetes patients by applying lifestyle medicine concept at Ban Kok Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Somdet District, Kalasin Province.

Abstract

      This quasi-experimental research aimed to examine health literacy and health behaviors among patients with type 2 diabetes and the effects of a lifestyle medicine-based care model at Ban Kok Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Somdet District, Kalasin Province. The study was conducted from January 2025 to October 2025, a total of nine months. The sample consisted of 28 voluntary participants with type 2 diabetes aged under 60 years and with diagnoses for no more than 10 years. Data were collected using data recording forms and questionnaires. Data were analyzed using content analysis, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and dependent t-test.

      The study results found that after the implementation, the blood sugar level of type 2 diabetes patients by applying the lifestyle medicine concept at Ban Kok Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Somdet District, Kalasin Province. The average age of type 2 diabetes patients was 59.50 + 4.78 years, the average FBS was 151.64 + 37.79 mg/dL, and the average HbA1C was 7.50 + 1.40 mg%. The health literacy of type 2 diabetes patients at Ban Kok Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Somdet District, Kalasin Province and the health behavior of type 2 diabetes patients at Ban Kok Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Somdet District, Kalasin Province after the implementation were at the highest level overall and in each aspect. The health literacy of type 2 diabetes patients, health behavior of type 2 diabetes patients, and the blood sugar level of type 2 diabetes patients at Ban Kok Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Somdet District, Kalasin Province were at the highest level. Before and after the intervention, a statistically significant difference was found at the 0.05 level. Blood sugar levels of type 2 diabetes patients at Ban Kok Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Somdet District, Kalasin Province, were significantly better after the intervention than before.