Application of PDCA theory to community intervention on patients with type 2 diabetes
Liu Xue-mei
Wen Shi-ling
Li Hong
Abstract：Objective:To explore the approach of application of plan -do-check-action( PDCA) theory to community intervention on patients with type 2 diabetes and investigate the clinical effect .Methods:50 patients with type 2 diabetes were given community intervention for 6 months in the light of PDCA theory ,and then the lifestyle and medical compliance behavior of the patients and the changes of meta -bolic indexes were observed and compared before and after the intervention .Results:There was statistically significant difference in the comparison of the metabolic indexes and baseline values after the intervention and on admission ( P<0.01);the lifestyle and medical compli-ance behavior were significantly improved after the intervention compared with those before the intervention (P<0.01).Conclusion:Applica-tion of PDCA theory in community intervention on the patients with type 2 diabetes can consolidate the effect of health education during hos-pitalization and improve the lifestyle and medical compliance behavior of the patients so as to achieve the control of blood glucose .
Keywords：PDCA theoryCommunity interventionType 2 diabetes mellitus
Publication Date：2013-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 1-3 )