title: Diabetes education: a chance to improve well-being of Turkish people with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Diabetes Division, Internal Medicine Department, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet Caddesi, P.K. 75, Capa, 34 272 Istanbul, Turkey. emelozer@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Emel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Ahmet M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sengül
authors.forename: Selda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gedik
authors.forename: Serpil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Salman
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sargin
authors.forename: Halim
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Işsever
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Satman
authors.forename: Temel
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D014421:Turkey
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin