Assessment of patient empowerment at national institute of diabetes

Abstract

Background: Healthcare systems around the world are becoming increasingly interested in strengthening the role of patients in their care and continue to evolve them. Aim: This study aimed to assess patient empowerment at the National Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology in the Internal Medicine and Surgery departments. Methods: it is a descriptive study. The study subjects included all available diabetic patients (400) patients. The study was conducted at the National Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology. Four tools were used to collect data including the patient activation measure, the control preferences scale, the Patient enablement instrument, and the self-control questionnaire. Results: Regarding patient activation, 69% of patients had a high activation level whilst 50.5% of the sample had active preferences in decision making and 52% of them had low enablement after clinical consultation. Conclusion: This study concludes that around two-thirds of the studied patients had a high activation level, slightly more than half of them preferred to make medical decisions by themselves or take the medical decision with consideration for the doctor's opinion those were active.