Medicinski Glasnik (Feb 2007)
Self control in diabetics
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine to what extent patients in Zenica-Doboj Canton suffering from diabetes conducted self-control of glycemia and glycosuria, what was a weekly average of glycemia self-control and frequency of feet self-control. In 278 patients suffering from diabetes (58 with type 1 diabetes 1 and 220 with type 2 diabetes) we studied a conduct of self-control with these parameters in 1999 and 2004. In 1999 self-control of glycemia was conducted by 44.83% persons with type 1 diabetes, 12.27 with type 2 diabetes and 19.6% patients of all the samples. In 2004 self-control of glycemia was conducted by 53.45% persons with type 1 diabetes, 29.55% patients with type 2 diabetes and 34.53% patients from the whole sample. A weekly average of glycemia self-control amounted to 1.374 in the group of patients with type 1 diabetes and in the group suffering from type 2 diabetes it amounted to 0.118 which was significantly lower (p<0,01). In 2004 the average of patients with type 1 diabetes was 2.057 and in those with type 2 diabetes it was 0.527 (p<0,001). The difference in the weekly number of glycemia self-control between 1999 and 2004 in the groups with type 2 diabetes was significant p<0,01. In 1999 in the total sample of type 2 diabetics self-control and self-protection of feet were conducted by 58.6% and 80.9% patients in the second period (p<0,001). In the total studied sample this mode of self-care was conducted in 1999 by 63.3% patients and in 2004 by 81.3% patients. Although it was increasing the percentage of diabetics conducting glycemia self-control is not satisfactory in either of these groups of diabetics having in mind its importance for self-care and better treatment of persons suffering from diabetes.
