Open Access<p>Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) – Effect on Knowledge, Self-Care Behavior, and Self-Efficacy Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Ethiopia: A Controlled Clinical Trial</p>
Author(s) -
Fikadu Balcha Hailu,
Anne Moen,
Per Hjortdahl
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s223123
Subject(s) - medicine , type 2 diabetes , diabetes mellitus , intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , family medicine , nursing , endocrinology
Diabetes patients must be equipped with the necessary knowledge to confidently undertake appropriate self-care activities. We prepared a diabetes self-management education (DSME) intervention and assessed how it affected patients' self-reported levels of diabetes knowledge, self-care behaviors, and self-efficacy.