Diabetes education: a chance to improve well-being of Turkish people with type 2 diabetes

OZER E., SENGUL A., GEDIK S., SALMAN S., SALMAN F., SARGIN M., ...Daha Fazla

PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING, cilt.51, sa.1, ss.39-44, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 51 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0738-3991(02)00246-x
  • Dergi Adı: PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.39-44
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: diabetes education, quality of life, well-being, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, GLYCEMIC CONTROL, METABOLIC-CONTROL, TREATMENT SATISFACTION, PATIENT EDUCATION, INTERVENTIONS, SYMPTOMS, MELLITUS, ADULTS, CARE
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

To examine the influence of diabetes education on well-being, 255 patients with type 2 diabetes were recruited according to whether they attended a diabetes education program (n = 126) or not (n = 129). In patients who had participated in the program, the mean anxiety score was significantly lower. whereas positive well-being and general well-being scores were significantly higher than for patients who had not participated. Factors related to lower well-being included: being female, taking insulin, not attending a diabetes education program and having HbA(1c), level greater than 8%. The odds of having better well-being were two-fold higher in patients participating the diabetes education program compared with those who had not. Diabetes education has a crucial role in improving the well-being of patients with type 2 diabetes. All patients with diabetes should be encouraged to attend a diabetes education program. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.