<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_fon-2018-0010_s_006_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c17b1Aa"><h3>Objective</h3><p>We aimed to explore the effect of a new health education model on continuous nursing care in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus who had undergone an operation for fracture.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0010_s_007_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c17b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>Convenience sampling was used to select 59 elderly patients with diabetes mellitus and fracture. New health education methods were used, and patient parameters were evaluated before and after the intervention.</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0010_s_008_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c17b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>Evaluation of medication, reasonable diet, regular exercise, blood glucose monitoring, and regular follow-up compliance were significantly improved in the experimental group compared to the control group (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.05). There were also significant differences between groups in fasting blood glucose, 2-hour postprandial blood glucose, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein levels (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.05); however, the differences between groups in terms of glycosylated hemoglobin and total cholesterol levels were not statistically significant (<italic>P</italic> > 0.05). Finally, the functional recovery and mental health of the experimental group were significantly better than those of the control group (<italic>P</italic> &lt; 0.05).</p></sec><sec id="j_fon-2018-0010_s_009_w2aab3b7b8b1b6b1aab1c17b4Aa"><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>The implementation of a menu of voluntary services in community-based continuous nursing provided standardized nursing care for elderly patients with fracture and diabetes mellitus and improved their quality of life.</p></sec></abstract>

ObjectiveWe aimed to explore the effect of a new health education model on continuous nursing care in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus who had undergone an operation for fracture.MethodsConvenience sampling was used to select 59 elderly patients with diabetes mellitus and fracture. New health education methods were used, and patient parameters were evaluated before and after the intervention.ResultsEvaluation of medication, reasonable diet, regular exercise, blood glucose monitoring, and regular follow-up compliance were significantly improved in the experimental group compared to the control group (P < 0.05). There were also significant differences between groups in fasting blood glucose, 2-hour postprandial blood glucose, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein levels (P < 0.05); however, the differences between groups in terms of glycosylated hemoglobin and total cholesterol levels were not statistically significant (P > 0.05). Finally, the functional recovery and mental health of the experimental group were significantly better than those of the control group (P < 0.05).ConclusionsThe implementation of a menu of voluntary services in community-based continuous nursing provided standardized nursing care for elderly patients with fracture and diabetes mellitus and improved their quality of life.

Effect of a new health education model on continuous nursing in elderly patients with
diabetes mellitus

Frontiers of Nursing

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ObjectiveWe aimed to explore the effect of a new health education model on continuous nursing care in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus who had undergone an operation for fracture.MethodsConvenience sampling was used to select 59 elderly patients with diabetes mellitus and fracture. New health education methods were used, and patient parameters were evaluated before and after the intervention.ResultsEvaluation of medication, reasonable diet, regular exercise, blood glucose monitoring, and regular follow-up compliance were significantly improved in the experimental group compared to the control group (P  0.05). Finally, the functional recovery and mental health of the experimental group were significantly better than those of the control group (P < 0.05).ConclusionsThe implementation of a menu of voluntary services in community-based continuous nursing provided standardized nursing care for elderly patients with fracture and diabetes mellitus and improved their quality of life.

ObjectiveWe aimed to explore the effect of a new health education model on continuous nursing care in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus who had undergone...

Effect of a new health education model on continuous nursing in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Mar 26, 2018

Page range: 69 - 74

Received: Jun 04, 2017

Accepted: Jun 27, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0010

Keywords
advanced age, continuous nursing, diabetes, fracture, health education, functional recovery

© 2018 Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Effect of a new health education model on continuous nursing in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus

Article Category: Original article

Published Online: Mar 26, 2018

Page range: 69 - 74

Received: Jun 04, 2017

Accepted: Jun 27, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fon-2018-0010

Keywordsadvanced age, continuous nursing, diabetes, fracture, health education, functional recovery

© 2018 Shanxi Medical Periodical Press

This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Keywords
advanced age, continuous nursing, diabetes, fracture, health education, functional recovery