title: Effectiveness of a community-based diabetes self-management intervention for Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes: A pilot study.
abstract: This pilot study examined the effects of an intervention on diabetes knowledge and self-management among adults with type 2 diabetes in Wuhan, China. A convenience sample of 29 adults with type 2 diabetes participated in a 6-week diabetes intervention in a community health center. Data on diabetes knowledge, diabetes self-management, fasting blood glucose level, blood pressure, body mass index and waist circumference were collected pre- and postintervention and at 1-month follow-up. The level of diabetes knowledge was significantly greater postintervention, increasing from a score of 12.97 (± 4.04) to 17.14 (± 3.00) and remaining at 17.03 (± 2.23) at 1-month follow-up; Significant improvements in self-monitoring of blood glucose and medication adherence were not found after the intervention. However, fasting blood glucose levels showed a significant decrease from baseline to postintervention and 1-month follow-up. Diabetes self-management education was thus an effective way to improve diabetes self-care in this Chinese sample.
authors.affiliation: HOPE School of Nursing, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.|School of Nursing, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.
authors.forename: MinLi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Practice Nursing, School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China.
authors.forename: XiaoLi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People; D002681:China; D003153:Community Health Services; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012648:Self Care; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: China; community‐based intervention; self‐management; type 2 diabetes