Diabetic education of patients in the Hospital “28 de Agosto”. Cabinda, Angola. 2013-2014

Abstract

Introduction: an experimental interventional and prospective comparative study was carried out in the Hospital “28 de Agosto”, of Cabinda, Angola, in the period 2013 -2014.
Objective: to determine the influence of the diabetic education in the control of diabetic patients.
Materials and methods: the universe of the study was 76 patients and the sample 50 patients aged 20-75 years. An interview was carried out to evaluate patients´ knowledge on diabetic education and a fasting glucose during the first consultation and after a year of performing educational activities. The individual clinical history and an interview about diabetic education were used for gathering the information; the aspects were evaluated as sufficient or insufficient.
Results: 58 % of the patients were female and there it was a prevalence of the 45-69 years age group with 44 %, and the primary level scholarship with 32 % followed by the secondary level with 30 %; before performing  the educational activities the patients showed sufficient  knowledge in an average of 8,5% of the evaluated aspects and after the educational activities it reached 36.25 %;  the highest percentages were reached in the aspects of feeding and hyperglycemic symptoms with 50 % and 48 % respectively, followed by physical exercises with 46 %. The average of fasting glucoses before carrying out the educative activities was 232.7mg/dl and 171.6 mg/dl after them.
Conclusion: an increase in the knowledge of diabetic education took place with a decrease of the fasting glucose levels.