Application of Pender health promotion model for diabetic patients

Objective To explore the application effect of Pender health promotion model in patients with diabetes and provide evidence for clinical nursing intervention. Methods A convenient sampling method was used to select 100 patients with diabetes mellitus admitted to Department of Endocrinology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University from October 2017 to September 2018. According to the patient's hospitalization time, the patients admitted from October 2017 to March 2018 were set as the control group, and the patients admitted from April to September 2018 were set as the observation group. Patients in the control group were given routine health education for diabetic patients, and patients in the observation group were treated with interventions based on the health promotion model. The effect of the intervention was evaluated using the Self-Management Behavior Scale for Type 2 Diabetes and the MOS 36-Item Short-From Health Survey (SF-36) . Results The total score of the Self-Management Behavior Scale and scores of each dimensions in the observation group were higher than those in the control group at 1 month after discharge, and the differences were statistically significant (P 0.05) . Conclusions Pender health promotion model can improve the self-management behavior of diabetic patients and it is worthy of promotion and application. Key words: Diabetes; Quality of life; Pender health promotion model; Self-management