Patient assessment of chronic illness care, glycemic control and the utilization of community health care among the patients with type 2 diabetes in Shanghai, China

To evaluate the relationship between Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care in community health centers and self-management behaviors and glycemic control and to examine the relationship between Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care in community health centers and the utilization of communi...

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Published in:PloS one 2013-09, Vol.8 (9), p.e73010-e73010
Main Authors: Liu, Li-Juan, Li, Yun, Sha, Kun, Wang, Yue, He, Xiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Analysis
Blood Glucose
Care and treatment
China - epidemiology
Chronic Disease
Chronic diseases
Chronic illnesses
Community Health Services
Comorbidity
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diagnosis
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy
Diabetes therapy
Female
Health
Health care
Health education
Health Facilities
Health Services Accessibility
Health Status
Hospitals
Households
Humans
Institutions
Male
Management
Medical care utilization
Middle Aged
Monitoring
Older people
Patient assessment
Patients
Per capita
Prevention
Primary care
Quality of life
Rankings
Risk Factors
Self Care
Self care (Health)
Surveys and Questionnaires
Type 2 diabetes
Utilization
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Summary:To evaluate the relationship between Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care in community health centers and self-management behaviors and glycemic control and to examine the relationship between Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care in community health centers and the utilization of community health centers for monitoring and treating diabetes among the patients with type 2 diabetes. A questionnaire including self-management behaviors, glycemic control, Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care in community health centers and the most often utilized medical institutions for monitoring and treating diabetes (community health centers vs. hospitals) was administered to 960 patients with type 2 diabetes in Shanghai, China. The relationships between Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care and self-management behaviors, self-management behaviors and glycemic control, Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care and glycemic control, Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care and the most often utilized medical institutions for monitoring and treating diabetes were examined. Wilcoxon rank sum tests showed that the high scores of total Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care and five subscales in community health centers were positively related to almost all the proper self-management behaviors and good glycemic control (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0073010