Impact of community public health care on treatment effect, health cognition, and self-management in patients with type 2 diabetes

Table 1 Comparison of general clinical data of patients, mean ± SD

Index	Conventional nursing group (n = 50)	CN group (n = 50)	t/χ2	P value
Average age	64.78 ± 7.76	63.76 ± 8.01	0.647	0.519
Gender (male/female)	30/20	27/23	0.367	0.545
Course of disease	6.80 ± 3.29	6.79 ± 3.41	0.015	0.988
BMI	27.15 ± 1.31	26.82 ± 1.23	1.299	0.197

CN: Community nursing; BMI: Body mass index.

Table 2 Comparison of excellent/good blood glucose control rates, n (%)

Index	Conventional nursing group (n = 50)	CN group (n = 50)	t/χ2	P value
Excellent	19 (38.00)	23 (46.00)
Good	16 (32.00)	21 (42.00)
Poor	15 (30.00)	6 (12.00)
Excellent/good rate	35 (70.00)	44 (88.00)	4.882	0.027

CN: Community nursing.

Table 3 Comparison of blood sugar levels between the two groups of patients before and after care, mean ± SD

Group	n	FBG		Postprandial 2-h blood glucose
		Before care	After care	Before care	After care
Conventional nursing group	50	9.67 ± 2.15	7.41 ± 2.02	14.08 ± 1.58	10.65 ± 1.78
CN group	50	9.71 ± 2.12	6.52 ± 1.72	14.12 ± 1.65	8.43 ± 1.61
t/χ2		-0.094	2.372	-0.124	6.540
P value		0.926	0.020	0.902	< 0.001

FBG: Fasting blood glucose; CN: Community nursing.

Table 4 Comparison of diabetes cognition and self-management ability, mean ± SD

Group	n	Diabetes cognition		Self-management skills
		Before care	After care	Before care	After care
Conventional nursing group	50	12.82 ± 2.11	15.34 ± 2.68	30.46 ± 3.07	35.98 ± 4.16
CN group	50	12.54 ± 2.11	19.66 ± 2.40	31.38 ± 3.17	41.60 ± 3.91
t/χ2		0.664	-8.491	-1.474	-6.961
P value		0.509	< 0.001	0.144	< 0.001

CN: Community nursing.

Table 5 Nursing satisfaction comparison, n (%)

Group	n	Very satisfied	Relatively satisfied	Generally satisfied	Not satisfied	Overall satisfaction rate
Conventional nursing group	50	31 (62)	8 (16)	4 (8)	7 (14)	43 (86)
CN group	50	40 (80)	7 (14)	2 (4)	1 (2)	49 (98)
t/χ2						4.891
P value						0.027

CN: Community nursing.