Abstract
This study was conducted in Chainat Province, comparing the results of treatment
of type II-diabetic patients treated at two health centers with those treated at a community
hospital. The study group of 39 patients voluntarily agreed to attend the District
Health Center for at least six months of treatment; they were cases receiving oral medications
and were not at risk of serious complications. Results of treatment were based upon
blood pressure, body mass index, waist circumference, and blood chemistry parameters,
i.e., fasting plasma glucose (FPG), HbA1c, total cholesterol, triglyceride, HDL and LDL.
Data were analyzed statistically using percentage, mean and standard deviation in order
to assess the value of the treatment. The non-parametric (chi-square) test was used for
showing the differences of treatment results between the hospital and health centers. Successful
of treatment was demonstrated by the following: FPG (46.3%), HbA1c (23.1%),
blood pressure (20.5%), total cholesterol (41.0%), triglyceride (43.6 %), HDL (53.8%), LDL
(17.9%), BMI (33.3%) and waist circumference (23.1%) for the patients treated at the two
health centers compared with those obtained at the community hospital. Only the results
of blood pressure testing were of statistically and significantly different.
