Correlation between health self management behaviors of elderly patients with diabetes and family care
Zhang Hongxia
Song Qiong
Chen Changxiang
Abstract：Objective:To know about the self management status of urban and rural elderly patients with diabe-tes and the influence of family care,in order to provide a theoretical basis for response measures.Methods:Self designed general demographic questionnaire,Family Function Assessment Scale(FAD)were used for 1 059 eld-erly diabetic patients from urban and rural areas in Hebei province to evaluate their health self management behavior.Results:A total of 1 059(17.2%)elderly were diagnosed with diabetes,the score of health self man-agement was(50.29±10.62).Multi factor analysis showed that the influence factors of health self manage-ment in the elderly patients with diabetes including:urban/rural areas,educational level,balance of payments, communication with children,children arranging physical examination,satisfaction of family care and family function.Conclusions:The self management behavior of urban and rural elderly patients with diabetes in Hebei province need to be improved.Family support can improve their self management level.
Keywords：diabetes mellitushealth self management behaviorfamily functioningelderly
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 3475-3478 )