Effects of Health Behavior Change Program with Arm Swing Exercise on Diabetes Mellitus Control Behaviors and Fasting Blood Sugar Level of Poorly Controlled Diabetic Mellitus with Co-Morbidity

Abstract

Purposes : To compare a mean scores for behaviors and fasting blood sugar level of poorly controlled diabetic  mellitus with co-morbidity.

Study design : Quasi-experimental research.

Materials and Methods : Ninety of subjects comprised uncontrolled DM patients with co-morbidity who were qualified according to exclusion criteria. They were assigned to experimental and control groups, forty five subjects per group. Data were collected using a questionnaire. Data were recorded and analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and independent t-test. Statistical significance was set at 95% confidence interval(95%CI).

Main findings : After intervention program, the subjects in experiment group had a statistically significant higher mean score on overall diabetes control behavior than control group (p<.001), with overall diabetes control behavior scores greater than 1.56 scores(95%CI;1.46,1.65) and subjects in experimental group had a statistically significant lower mean fasting blood glucose than control group (p=.006) with a mean fasting blood glucose of less than 12.53 mg/dl (95%CI;3.62,21.44)

Conclusion and recommendations : The results of this study indicated that health behavior modification program enabled the subjects to control their diabetes mellitus and fasting blood sugar levels.