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Universidad y Salud
Print version ISSN 0124-7107On-line version ISSN 2389-7066
Abstract
PENA, Amalia Priscila; VENEGAS, Blanca Cecilia and OBANDO, Jorge Alejandro. Health education to promote self-care during hospitalization of patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Univ. Salud [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.3, pp.246-255. Epub Sep 01, 2020. ISSN 0124-7107. https://doi.org/10.22267/rus.202203.197.
Introduction:
Type 2 Diabetes is a global public health problem that currently shows a high recurrence of hospitalizations due to a lack of self-care, which could be improved through health education.
Objective:
To assess the capacity of self-care agency in hospitalized patients with type 2 Diabetes before and after a health education intervention.
Materials and methods:
A prospective, quasi-experimental, pre-test/post-test study with a single population group of 76 patients. The Self-Care Agency Scale (SAS) was applied, using a CronBach alpha of 0.74 to measure self-care. A video was designed as the health education intervention to promote self-care.
Results:
Before the intervention, 87.3% of the study population showed a low capacity for self-care agency. However, this percentage decreased to 45.9% after the intervention.
Conclusions:
Health education during hospitalization of patients with Type 2 Diabetes triggers changes in their self-care capacity as it encourages healthy lifestyles and motivates health professionals to provide patient care with an increased focus on health education.
Keywords : Health education; self-care; diabetes mellitus, type 2; nursing.