英文摘要 |
Purposes A diabetes shared care network can provide accessible, continuous, and comprehensive medical care to patients with diabetes to prevent and/or delay the occurrence of diabetes complications. The main objective of this study was to investigate differences seen in the effects of care-in terms of health promotion behaviors and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) control-between diabetic patients who participated in a shared care program and those who did not. Methods This was a quasi-experimental study that used purposive sampling. A total of 108 patients with type 2 diabetes were recruited from an outpatient clinic with the Division of Metabolism, located in a medical center in southern Taiwan. Diabetic patients who joined a shared care program formed the experimental group, while those who did not participate in this type of program were in the control group. Data on patients' level of knowledge, attitudes, health promotion behaviors, and HbA1c control were collected at the time of recruitment and 6 months after the intervention to examine its effects on patients. Results The results demonstrated that the experimental group showed significant improvement . |