Development of the teaching materials for early type2 diabetes patients to assist toward self-care

本研究旨在发展教学内容，以协助早期诊断的2型糖尿病患者自我照顾。采用半结构式访谈法对糖尿病专科护士进行访谈，了解早期诊断2型糖尿病患者的特点及糖尿病专科护士的教育现状。根据质性研究的结果，构建了以健康信念模式为基础的糖尿病知识、反思和自我监控的教学内容。通过半实验研究对教材进行评价，结果表明：干预组在干预后1个月体重明显下降。但其他参数都没有变化。

The purpose of this study is to develop the teaching materials to assist toward self-care for early diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients. Semi-structured interviews among the expert diabetes nurses were conducted to explore characteristics on early diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients and status of education for them. By the result of the qualitative study, we constructed the teaching materials which consisted with knowledge on diabetes, reflection and self-monitoring based on Health Belief Model. The following results were obtained by the semi-experimental study to evaluate the teaching materials : The significant weight loss was found among intervention group at 1 month after the intervention. But any other parameters didn't show any changes.