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Accession number;01A0773147
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| Title;Assessment of Comprehension Levels of Inpatients with Diabetes Mellitus. Educational Significance for Enhancement of Therapeutic Outcome. |
| Author;
AKABANE MICHIYA
(Shigaidai I Byoin Yakuzaibu)
CHIBA MIKIO
(Shigaidai I Byoin Yakuzaibu)
KONISHI HIROMI
(Shigaidai I Byoin Yakuzaibu)
NAGATA HIROMI
(Shigaidai I Byoin Daisannaika Kangobu)
ARAKI NORIKO
(Shigaidai I Byoin Daisannaika Kangobu)
ISHII JUNKO
(Shigaidai I Byoin Daisannaika Kangobu)
KURIHARA MIKA
(Shigaidai I Byoin Eiyokanrishitsu)
NISHIO YOSHIHIKO
(Shigaidai I Byoin Daisannaika)
HANEDA MASAKAZU
(Shigaidai I Byoin Daisannaika)
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Journal Title;Japanese Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
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Journal Code:Y0888A
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ISSN:1346-342X
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VOL.27;NO.4;PAGE.317-322(2001)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.4, TBL.2, REF.9 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;We evaluated the comprehension levels of inpatients with diabetes mellitus at the hospital of Shiga University of Medical Science using an originally-developed checklist. The checklist consisted of ten basic points in a written questionnaire and twelve applied points in a hearing questionnaire. The first evaluation was made after the patients were admitted to the hospital. Based on the results, we repeatedly educated the patients regarding any issues that they could not still understand, and their comprehension levels were later re-evaluated using the same checklist just before being discharged. These trials contributed to the general improvement of the patient comprehension levels. Furthermore, the effect of the comprehension levels on HbA1C was monitored in the forty-three inpatients until six months after discharge. There was no significant difference in the backgrounds of the patients and the prescribed medicines between the checked group and the non-checked group. We classified the checked groups into the improved comprehension group, the non-improved group and the already-good comprehension group, according to the comprehension levels. Although the HbA1C values of the patients tended to decrease probably due to diabetic therapy, the HbA1Cin the improved group was found to be significantly lower than that in the non-checked group at three months after discharge. These results suggest that pharmaceutical education to improve the patient comprehension level including drug therapy and diabetes resulted in a clinically significant enhancement of the therapeutic effect. (author abst.) |
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