Abstract
Objective To investigate influential factors of self-nursing in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus and its intervention strategies. Methods 90 elderly patients with diabetes mellitus in our Outpatient Department were investigated by Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale (DSES), Diabetes Self-Management Scale (DSMS). Their self-nursing confidence and self-nursing performance were evaluated. The influential factors of their self-nursing were surveyed by a self-designed questionnaire, factors-based nursing was given to them, and their improvement of self-nursing before and after the intervention was compared. Results Self-nursing confidence and performance of elderly patients with diabetes mellitus were obviously improved by health education, psychological guidance and betterment of disease cognition (P ＜ 0. 01 ). Conclusions Self-nursing ability of elderly patients with diabetes mellitus could be improved by individualized health education,psychological guidance and betterment of disease cognition to ameliorate their psychological status and change their deep-rooted concept. Key words: Elderly patient; Diabetes mellitus; Self-nursing; Nursing intervention
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