Khảo sát sự hài lòng và cải thiện kiến thức của bệnh nhân đái tháo đường sau chương trình tư vấn cá thể

Individualized education has a certain role independent of community or group education. The healthcare staff in the Endocrinology department in People Hospital 115 established the Diabetic Counseling and Education Program for the diabetic patient with specific topics. Aim of the study: Evaluate satisfaction and knowledge improvement of the diabetic patient after participating in the individualized education program. Methods: All of the inpatient and outpatient would be screened for study after receiving education or counseling. There are 4 topics including (1) Diet for the diabetic patient; (2) Dealing with hypoglycemia; (3) Wound management at home, (4) Guide for insulin injection. The nurse who was trained for education and counseling would carry out the session follow the doctor’s indication. Result: There are 86 participants in 2 months (12/2019-01/2020) were included. The mean ± SD age was 57.93 ± 13.04 years, 68.97% of the participants were female. There are 95.24% of patients have improved their knowledge after the program. There are 99% of participants feel confident to apply that knowledge into their life. All of the participants were satisfied with the individualized counseling and education program. Conclusion: Individualized counseling and education program has some positive results such as improving satisfaction and diabetic knowledge with some important skills in daily practice. However, its long-term benefit is still not clear enough and more evidence is required in the future.