برنامه هاي مراقبت از خودبيماران ديابتي غيروابسته به انسولين مراجعه كننده به مركز تحقيقات ديابت همدان

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common and non-communicable diseases in the world which involves approximately 6% of the total population. One of the main causes of this disease is change in life styles of the patients.Self-care is the main step in controlling the disease. This study is a descriptive study in order to determine the level of self-care programs in patients refering to Hamedan diabetic research center. The subjects were 166 diabetic outpatients from a university diabetics care clinic. The means for collecting data was a questionnaire. Findings indicated that 51.8% of them did not have any regular self-care program. The majority of them (61.4%) did not follow any exercise program in their daily lives and also ,they did not have a proper diet , that is , 42.2% of them had no diet schedules whenever they were on a trip, at parties or when they felt better. A few number of them (27%) observed skin hygiene like cleaning feet for preventing ulcers. Observing self-care is one of the main strategies for controlling diabetes and has an important role in preventing its long-term complications. So it is necessary to make the patients familiar with the ways of self-care and the dangerous complications of the disease through mass media and for regular meetings to help them cope with the chronic disease.