Intervention Effect of Pender’s Model on Mental Health of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-analysis

Abstract

ObjectiveOur aim in this study was to better understand the intervention effect of Pender’s model on the physical and mental health of patients with diabetes mellitus. MethodsAccording to the principle of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, various databases, including CNKI, Wanfang Data, SinoMed, VIP, Web of Science, Cochrane, PubMed and ScienceDirect, were searched to collect and select relevant reports for the implementation of a meta-analysis. ResultsTen randomized controlled trials in 6 foreign reports and 4 Chinese reports were included in this study. A total of 863 participants were involved, including 439 in the experimental group and 424 in the control group. Results of the meta-analysis show that Pender’s model has a good intervention effect on the health knowledge (Z=3.371, p<0.050), self-management behaviour (Z=3.781, p<0.050) and psychological function (Z=2.902, p<0.050) of patients with diabetes mellitus as compared to the control group. The subgroup analysis showed that the intervention effect on self-management behaviour would not be affected by the measurement tool used (Z=3.295, p=0.001). ConclusionsPender’s model showed a good intervention effect on the health knowledge, self-management behaviour and psychological function of patients with diabetes mellitus.