Can Diabetes Self-Management Program Improve Patients’ Knowledge? A Real Life Evaluation Study of Lebanese Diabetic Adults | Zendy

Abeer El-Haddam | Zendy; Souheil Hallit | Zendy; Etwal Bou Raad | Zendy

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Can Diabetes Self-Management Program Improve Patients’ Knowledge? A Real Life Evaluation Study of Lebanese Diabetic Adults

Author(s) -

Abeer El-Haddam,

Souheil Hallit,

Etwal Bou Raad

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of pharmacy practice and community medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2455-3255

DOI - 10.5530/jppcm.2018.3.33

Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , affect (linguistics) , pharmacist , family medicine , disease , pharmacy , health belief model , perception , health education , psychology , nursing , public health , communication , endocrinology , neuroscience

Objectives: The objective was to assess the effect of the Advanced National Standards for DSME program in improving the knowledge of Lebanese elderly diabetic patients. Secondary objectives were to test the influence of pharmacist counseling on managing these patients’ lifestyle and assess health perceptions that affect diabetic patients for effective management through the Health Belief Model (HBM). Methods: This cross-sectional study, conducted from February until May 2016 in different community pharmacies, enrolled 206 patients. Results: All knowledge items scores increased significantly from pre to post counselling (p Key words: DSME, Health belief model, Education, Program, Diabetes mellitus.

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