Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2010 Nov;19(2):258-267.

The Effects of Case Management Program for Diabetic Patients: Focused on Medium-sized Industrial Workers

• Hwang HJ
• Jung HS

Abstract

PURPOSE
This paper studies the influence of the case-management program on the change of blood sugar, lifestyle, and knowledge level of diabetes mellitus (DM) for medium-sizedenterprise employees suffering from DM. METHOD: Subjects, divided into experimental and control groups, are 59 workers with FBS higher than 126mg/dl or under DM medication treatment in the medium-sized enterprises, being managed by two distinct university hospital group occupational health management service teams. The case management program for DM patients consists of 6 different processes in which each subject is treated. RESULT: FBS decreased in the experimental group after the program, while that of the control group increased significantly. In the experimental group, the amount of smoking, the frequency of drinking and the amount of drinking per week decreased. Also, the knowledge level for DM and the change of nutrition management showed significant increase. In the control group, the amount of smoking increased and the frequency of drinking, the amount of drinking and nutrition level did not change significantly. And the knowledge level for DM decreased.
CONCLUSION
We expect that taking this case management program for DM management may significantly improve diabetic patients' overall health.

Keyword

Diabetes; Case management

MeSH Terms

Blood Glucose
Case Management
Diabetes Mellitus
Drinking
Humans
Life Style
Occupational Health
Smoke
Smoking
Stress, Psychological
Blood Glucose
Smoke