Self-care behaviors and blood sugar control in diabetic patients, Subdistrict Health Promoting Hospital, Krabi province

Abstract

This cross-sectional research was aimed to study the self–care behaviors, the controlling blood sugar levels, the factors related the controlling blood sugar levels and complications in diabetic patients, subdistrict health promoting hospital, Krabi province. The sample group was 392 Thai people who had been diagnosed by a physician as type 2 diabetes mellitus, have been treated at least 2 times in subdistrict health promoting hospital, Krabi province, from January 1, 2022 to the present (as of the date of collection), which was selected by multistage sampling. Data was collected by questionnaires. and a medical record form, then analyzed by descriptive statistics and chi-square test.

The results of the study found that 70.9% of diabetic patients had moderate self-care behaviors level, followed by good and low level at 26.5 and 2.6%. They could control blood sugar at 44.9%. Duration of diabetes, self-care behaviors and receiving treatment by appointment were significantly associated with the controlling blood sugar levels (P-value < 0.05), but age, knowledge of diabetes, social support and sick with coronavirus disease 2019 were not associated with controlling blood sugar levels. Diabetic patients had complications at 55.1%, which were hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetic retinopathy, cardiovascular disease, kidney failure and chronic wound at 40.8, 19.1, 16.6, 6.4, 5.6, 3.3 and 0.8%, respectively. According to the results, should promote diabetes mellitus patients to get more appropriate self-care behaviors and control blood sugar levels even more.