Self – Care of Non – insulin Dependent Diabetic Patients with Early Diabetic Retinopathy.

Abstract

Introduction: Diabetes  mellitus is a chronic disease and it can cause many complications to a patient.  Self – Care behavior of the patients is a very important issue to help control the disease and  prevent complication.  For example, when one diabetic patient has a retinal complication, it may progress to blindness 25 times more often than in normal people.

Objective: To study the self – care behavior of Non-insulin dependent diabetic patients with early diabetic retinopathy.

Design: Descriptive study

Location: Out Patient Department of Ophthalmology, Srinagarind Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University.

Sampling: Purposive sampling of 66 Non – insulin dependent diabetic patients with early diabetic retinopathy were selected.

Method: Derive questionnaire (Boonthip Siritharungsri)

Result: The self – care behavior of Non – insulin dependent diabetic patients with early diabetic retinopathy was in the moderate level (77.3%).

Conclusion: The self -  care behavior of Non – insulin dependent diabetic patients with early diabetic retinopathy was in the moderate level.