Effect of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention on blood glucose control of elderly patientswith type 2 diabetes mellitus

Objective To investigate the effect of traditional Chinese medicine nursing intervention on blood glucose control of elderly patients -dth type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods A total of 80 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were randomly divided into the observation group and the control group, each with 40 cases. The observation group received Chinese medicine nursing intervention while the control group received conventional nursing. The level of blood glucose control was compared between two groups after six months. Results Fasting and postprandial blood glucose was respectively （7. 71 ± 1.00） and （6. 42 ± 1.01 ）mmol/L in the observation group, lower than （9. 56 ± 1.61 ）and （7.31 ± 1.08 ） mmol/L in the control group, with statistically significant differences （t = 6. 31,5.74, respectively ;P 〈 0. 05）. The total effective rate was 77.5% in the observation group and 60.0% in the control group, with statistically significant difference （ X2 = 5.73, P 〈0.05）. Conclusions The traditional Chinese medicine nursing interventions can effectively control the blood glucose of elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, which is worthy promotion and application. Key words: Traditional Chinese medicine ;  Nursing;  Elderly;  Diabetes mellitus,type 2