Purpose: This study aims at figuring out self-care knowledge and
compliance of ischemic stroke patients with diabetic and correlation between them.
Method: This study is a descriptive correlation research, and participants were 177 ischemic stroke patients with diabetics who were outpatients of neurology in P University Hospital.
For research instrument, it was a structured questionnair to measure self-care knowledge and compliance. Data
was collected from July 1st to August 31st, 2013 and the collected data was analyzed with descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe post-analysis and Pearson’s correlation analysis by using SPSS 18.0.
Results: 1. The participants were average 65.27(±8.71) years old and were diagnosed with diabetics at 58.83(±10.64), spending 8.51(±7.39) years until
diagnosis of ischemic stroke at 62.18(±9.44), spending for 3.20(±3.65) years.
Among them, 47.9% of the patients were unemployed and 39.3% had no monthly income.
2. The correct answer ratio of self-care knowledge was 63.9% and among
sub-elements, diet was 71.7%, medication 50.7%, living habits 67.4%,
self-measurement 73.5% and cautions and warning 55.3% respectively.
3. The mean of self-care compliance was 2.24(±0.41) and among
sub-elements, diet was 2.02(±0.41), medication 2.16(±0.67), living habits
2.49(±0.55), self-measurement 1.92(±0.77), and cautions and warnings
2.40(±0.77) respectively.
4. The correlation coefficient between self-care knowledge and compliance
was .540(p<.001), and among sub-elements, diet(r=.235, p=.011),
medication(r=.425, p<.001), living habits(r=.188, p=.042) and cautions and
warnings(r=.452, p<.001) showed positive correlations between knowledge and
compliance, while self-measurement of blood sugar and blood pressure(r=.150,
p=.108) did not show correlation.
Conclusion: It is expected to provide specific methods to raise self-care
compliance by education about diet, medication, living habits and cautions
and warnings for ischemic stroke patients with diabetics and to make
self-measurement available by patients themselves, and except them blood
sugar and blood pressure would be measured in nearby a public health
center for decreasing economic burdens.