Conditions and Factors of Information Comprehension of Care Managers in Home-based Insulin Therapy Management

Abstract

This study aimed to clarify the actual situation and factors related to information comprehension among care managers with varying basic qualifications who support elderly persons requiring insulin therapy and long-term home care. A survey was administered to 186 care managers.

Results show that depending on their qualifications, care managers’ ability to understand safety-related information in insulin therapy management, such as response during “sick day,” differed. Other factors included whether they provided home-visit nursing care (p = 0.006) and had a means of contact with the medical staff (p < 0.001).

Measuring the degree of information comprehension of care managers, regardless of their basic qualifications, requires standardization. For this, interventions should promote a better understanding of information by introducing home-visit nursing and establishing proper contact with medical staff.