The purpose of this study is to examine to control of glucose level and the occurrence of chronic complications of diabetes by compliance groups with health care regimen
The subjects were consisted of 300 out patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus from beginning of March through the end of April in 2001, who visited at the endocrinology department at Kangnam St. Mary´s Hospital of Catholic University in Seoul.
The patient´s compliance level with health care regimen was assessed at questionnaire. However, the blood glucose level and the occurrence of chronic complications of diabetes were assessed at medical record review. The data were analyzed by SAS program for chi square test and t-test.
The results were as follows.
1. Significant differences were found among the factors such as duration of diabetes, the number of participation of diabetes educational program, job, smoking, self monitoring of blood glucose and the methods of diabetes therapy between high and low compliance groups.
High compliance group patients had a diabetes longer than low compliance group patients.
High compliance group patients more frequently attended the educational program and checked themselves monitoring blood glucose than low compliance group patients.
Also, they did not work recently, smoked less and got more insulin injection therapy compared to low compliance group patients.
2. No significant differences were found among the result of fasting blood glucose, 2-hour postprandial blood glucose, and HbA₁c between high and low compliance groups.
3. The occurrence rate of macrovascular complications of chronic complications of diabetes were lower, however, the occurrence rate of microvascular complications were higher in high compliance group than in low compliance group with health care regimen.
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