Abstract

This descriptive study was conducted to discover to what extent patients with diabetes utilized instruction received. If they did not, the reason why would be searched for. It was also hoped that area of instruction could be defined which needed greater emphasis while the patient was hospitalized at the time of diagnosis.

The interview with the aid of the interview guide was chosen as a data-gathering tool. The guide was complied and approve. Patients were selected from a review of medical records in the selected hospital, and their physicians contacted for permission to include their patient(s) in the study. The patients were then contacted by telephone and the interviews were scheduled. After a small pilot study was done, the remainder of the study was completed.

Each interview was conducted in a conversational style, with the majority of the date being obtained indirectly. The interviews varied from one-half to one hour in length. A total of twenty patients were interviewed.

On the basis of data obtained, it was concluded that: all patients utilized instruction in regard to insulin injection: three-fourths used it regarding exercising; over one-half of the patients use instructions regarding diet, food care, and general care; less than one-half utilized instruction is the areas of urine testing, hypoglycemic reaction and diabetic coma.

Major reasons given for not using the instruction were: the patients did not think the specific area of care was important, and they had received inadequate instruction.

Although instruction in insulin injection must not be neglected, greater emphasis needs to be placed on teaching in the areas of hypoglycemic reaction and diabetic care, urine testing, foot care, general care, diet, and exercise.

Recommendations were made concerning giving more complete and adequate instruction to patients, and concerning further studies to be done under varying conditions.

LLU Discipline

Nursing

Department

Nursing

School

Graduate School

First Advisor

Mary M. Monteith

Second Advisor

Lucile L. Lewis

Third Advisor

Lydia M. Sonnenberg

Fourth Advisor

Robert C. Rosenquist

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Degree Level

M.S.

Year Degree Awarded

1963

Date (Title Page)

6-1963

Language

English

Library of Congress/MESH Subject Headings

Diabetes Mellitus -- nursing; Patient Education

Type

Thesis

Page Count

vii; 71

Digital Format

PDF

Digital Publisher

Loma Linda University Libraries

Usage Rights

This title appears here courtesy of the author, who has granted Loma Linda University a limited, non-exclusive right to make this publication available to the public. The author retains all other copyrights.

Collection

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Collection Website

http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/

Repository

Loma Linda University. Del E. Webb Memorial Library. University Archives

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