Application value of smartphone APP health education model in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Wen Lina; Zhang Jingjing; Sheng Juanjuan; Zhou Yingsheng

doi:10.3760/j.issn.1673-4777.2019.08.016

Abstract：Objective To evaluate the application value of smartphone APP health education model in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Methods A total of 180 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were randomly selected from outpatient clinic of Beijing Anzhen Hospital,Capital Medical University from September 2015 to February 2016.They were randomly divided into traditional health education group and APP health education group,with 90 cases in each group.General clinical data,patients' acceptance for APP model and blood sugar indicators were analyzed after 6 months of health education.Results Among 180 patients,152 patients completed health education and follow-up;28 cases were lost,with 14 cases in each group.Male ratio in APP health education group was lower than that in traditional health education group with statistical significance (P ＜ 0.05).There were no significant differences of height,body weight,medical history,blood pressure,blood sugar,blood lipid and serum creatinine levels between groups(all P ＞0.05).During the follow-up,79.0％ (120/152)patients were delighted to continue accepting APP health education model;no hypoglycemia and hyperglycemiarelated acute complications occurred.After 6 months of health education,2 h postprandial blood sugar and glycosylated hemoglobin levels in APP health education group were significantly lower and the blood sugar control rate was significantly higher than those in traditional health education group [(9.6 ± 2.0) mmol/L vs (10.4 ±2.1)mmol/L,(7.8 ±1.1)％ vs (8.4 ±1.4)％,35.5％ (27/76) vs 19.7％ (15/76)] (all P ＜0.05).Conclusion New health education model using smartphone APP can help blood sugar control in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus,improve the awareness of preventing diabetic complications and the prognosis of patients.