Preparing Chinese patients with comorbid heart disease and diabetes for home management: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore how health education received by patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) influences patients' self-efficacy and self-management and changes in behaviour at, and following, hospital discharge.

Design

This study used a convergent mixed methods design.

Participants

Twenty-one participants with completed surveys and interviews at discharge and home follow-up were included in the analysis.

Setting

At a coronary care unit of a major hospital in Shanghai, China.

Results

Most participants (n=17) did not perceive they had sufficient education or ability to manage both conditions. More concerning was that most participants (n=16) reported low self-efficacy in the management of ACS symptoms. Three major t

SUBMITTER: Liu XL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756451 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature