Effects of regular diabetes education in Eldly Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Community in Taiyuan city

Objective To investigate a community in Taiyuan city of Shanxi Province which carries out the standardized management in elderly patients with 2 diabetes mellitus, summarize its management model, and evaluate its effect in this community, analyze the model, and provide references for the management of diabetes mellitus in communities. Methods Questionnaire survey: all of them were investigated by questionnaire, and fill in the general condition the questionnaire. Training includes six times: self management concept in elderly diabetes; Characteristic and attention in elderly diabetes; Medical nutrition therapy in elderly diabetes; Sport therapy in elderly diabetes; Drug treatment in elderly diabetes; Comprehensive control of blood glucose and metabolism index. It takes 12 weeks for this series of courses ,and fill out the questionnaire second time after 16 weeks. Results 92 patients were included in the analysis, mean age was 66.35±5.07 years (35.9% male) with diabetes duration 8.03±5.74 years. After diabetic health education, blood pressure, blood glucose, blood lipids were significantly lower than before the training. Diabetes knowledge was increase and self-management abilities was increase. Conclusion Community management of diabetes in elderly plays an important role in controlling blood glucose, Blood pressure, and quality of life. Key words: The elderly; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Community education