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The effect of education given to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus on self‐care
Author(s) -
Karakurt Papatya,
Kaşıkçı Mağfiret Kara
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international journal of nursing practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1440-172X
pISSN - 1322-7114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-172x.2012.02013.x
Subject(s) - medicine , turkish , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes mellitus , outpatient clinic , family medicine , population , inclusion and exclusion criteria , physical therapy , alternative medicine , endocrinology , philosophy , linguistics , environmental health , pathology
Karakurt P, Kaşıkçı MK. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2012; 18 : 170–179 The effect of education given to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus on self‐care This research was performed as a single group pretest—posttest experimental design to determine the effect of education given to patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus on self‐care. The research was performed between October 2007 and June 2008 in the Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinics located in A and B Blocks of Erzincan State Hospital. The research population included 100 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who attended the above mentioned units between the specified dates and met the inclusion criteria. Patients were subjected to a pretest using a patient identification form, Diabetes Self‐Care Scale (DSCS) form in Turkish language and metabolic control parameters. A statistically significant difference was found between the mean values of pre‐education and posteducation DSCS scores with an increase in mean posteducation scores. These results demonstrate that the education given to patients improves their self‐care and metabolic control variables.