Volume 6, Issue 2 (Autumn 2006)                   Iranian Journal of Medical Education 2006, 6(2): 87-95 | Back to browse issues page

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Ghavami H, Ahmadi F, Entezami H, Meamarian R. The Effect of Continuous Care Model on Diabetic Patients’ Blood Pressure. Iranian Journal of Medical Education 2006; 6 (2) :87-95
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Introduction: Hypertension can accelerate other complications of diabetes mellitus, particularly cardiovas-cular disease and nephropathy. This study was carried out in order to determine the effect of applying Continuous Care Model on diabetic patients’ blood pressure. Methods: This clinical trial was performed as time series on 74 patients with diabetes mellitus type II, in Orumieh in the years 2003-2004. After matching the study variables, the patients were divided equally and with random allocation to two experiment and control groups. The Continuous Care Model which included 4 main steps of orientation, sensitization, performing and evaluation was performed for the experiment group through 10 sessions of education concerning self care in diabetes, each session lasting for 2 hours. The blood pressure of both groups was measured at the beginning and every month, for three times. The data was analyzed by SPSS software using repeated measure ANOVA. Results: There wasn’t any difference between the mean of systolic blood pressure in both study groups, but comparing the mean of diastolic blood pressure of the two groups showed a significant difference. Conclusion: Applying Continuous Care Model can reduce diastolic blood pressure in type 2 diabetic patients. Therefore, it is recommended to use this model on diabetic patients in order to control diabetes complications.
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Received: 2007/02/24 | Accepted: 2011/08/7 | Published: 2006/12/15 | ePublished: 2006/12/15

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