Educational needs of diabetic patients whom referred to the diabetes center

Abstract

Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic disorders that threat to community health. Complications of this disease include eye damage, nephropathy, cardiovascular disease, neuropathy and.. According to statistics, every 5 Iranians one or has diabetes or high risk for it. If diabetes and non-observance of essential points, such as permanent control blood sugar, complications, focuses on large and often irreparable effects and high cost to the patient and the country is imposed. According to the Ministry of Health annual cost of USD 900 billion in diabetic patients is therapeutic. MethodsThe study of a cross-sectional descriptive study to review the training needs diabetic patients referred to the Diabetes Centre of Hamedan city in Iran. The study of all diabetic patients was referred to Hamadan, the census method for 6 months were studied. Information gathering tool was a questionnaire form. ResultsThe results showed that 22.5% age range were in the 41-50 year. 45.7% with symptoms and 20.2% random were aware of their illness. Only 8.9 patients to exercise, 43.4% patients to ocular complications of diabetes knowledge were weak. 31.8% had eye complications. Only 48.5% of patients in most of the performance always enjoyed feeding .63% at least once with acute complications (hypoglycaemia, Hyperglycemias’), were about 59% of the complications was repeated.69.3% of patients awareness of day care unfit legs.40% were aware of the oral blood glucose lowering drugs. ConclusionFastest and most effective way to achieve public access to justice training. Training style health and lifestyle of the most important tasks community health nurses is considered that individuals can decide the right to personal behaviour so that awareness and the education level of public health community, and ultimately performance will automatically increase significantly. Basic education and treatment of the diabetic patients and diabetic patients must participate in training sessions and learn the important need to learn how to live with their disease.