Application of hospital-community-home linkage management model in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy

To explore the effect of the hospital-community-home (HCH) linkage management mode in patients with type 2 diabetic nephropathy (DN). A total of 80 patients with type 2 DN hospitalised in the Department of Nephrology of our hospital between July 2021 and June 2022 were recruited and subsequently divided into the observation group and the control group using the random number table method, with 40 patients in each group. The control group received routine health education and discharge guidance. The HCH linkage management model was implemented for the observation group based on routine care. The improvements in compliance behaviour, biochemical parameters of renal function, blood glucose level and self-management ability were compared before the intervention and at 3 and 6 months after the intervention. After the intervention, the scores for compliance behaviour of the observation group were better than those of the control group, with a statistically significant difference (P