The Development of a Self-Care Behavior–Promoting Model for Type 2 Diabetic Patients to Control Blood Sugar at Rajpracha Samasai Institute

Abstract

Objective: 1] assessed conditions and needs of the self-care behavior promoting model. 2] Draft and test the self-care behavior promoting model for type 2 diabetic patients to control Blood Sugar. And 3] evaluated the outcome of the developed model. Method: This study employed a research and development model used mixed methodologies of quantitative and qualitative research, from June 2024 to November 2024. Key informants were 10 type 2 diabetic patients, who had uncontrolled blood sugar with a duration over two months, 3 medical nurses and 7 multidisciplinary. Data qualitative were collected from In-depth Interview and work shop, and analyzed by content analysis. In the quantitative research, the samples group comprised 33 type 2 diabetic patients selected via purposive sampling. Data quantitative were collected from record forms and questionnaires, and analyzed by descriptive statistics. Results: 1] The old health promotion model was unclear and type 2 diabetic patients exhibited inappropriate behaviors concerning food, exercise, appointment, medicine and required self-care model. 2] The developed model was the self-care behavior promoting model for type 2 diabetic patients to control blood sugar consisted of 3 categories: Screening and classification for risk level of diabetes mellitus, self-care activities and team coordination. 3] The outcome of the developed model were: the satisfaction of diabetic patients was in high level ( =4.47, S.D. =0.45) good control blood sugar and improved (50.00 %). Conclusion: The self-care behavior promoting model for type 2 diabetic patients to control blood sugar can be used effectively and support activities by Diabetic care team.