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 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 8 Elderly patients with diabetes Health Education [Abstract] Objective elderly diabetic patients through health education, understanding of health education on behavioral control in elderly diabetic patients. Methods A questionnaire survey method, 60 cases of elderly patients with diabetes before and after the follow-up survey of health education. Results after health education elderly diabetic patients mastery of knowledge, proper diet control and actively participate in physical exercise, blood glucose self-testing capability enhancement, reduction of bad habits, blood glucose control and stability, health education, fasting plasma glucose and postprandial 2 h blood glucose was statistically significance, the difference was significant (P lt;0.05). Conclusion Health education can improve older patients with diabetes-related knowledge and behavior control. [Keywords:] the elderly, diabetes, health education Mean age of diabetic patients aged over 60 years of diabetes patients. Diabetes is a common endocrine and metabolic diseases, and the vast majority of type 2 diabetes. As the people’s living standards improve, to change their own behavior, older age, the incidence of diabetes increase in the number of patients increased year by year worldwide [1]. Therefore, in elderly diabetic patients in the overall health education is an important part of health care [2]. We have 60 cases of elderly patients with diabetes carry out the purpose and planned health education, and achieved good results, are as follows. 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 Clinical data Select from 7 September 2007, 2008, 1 to 3 months in Beijing Shunyi District Hospital and 6 November 2008 in Beijing, the Ministry of Coal General Hospital over the age of 60 a total of 60 cases of diabetic patients, are consistent with 1999 WHO diagnostic criteria for diabetes in elderly type 2 diabetic patients. aged 60 to 84 years, including 41 males and 19 females, education: