Diabetes education: a chance to improve well-being of Turkish people with type 2 diabetes.
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.
Ozer
Emel
E
Diabetes Division, Internal Medicine Department, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Millet Caddesi, P.K. 75, Capa, 34 272 Istanbul, Turkey. emelozer@yahoo.com
Sengül
Ahmet M
AM
Gedik
Selda
S
Salman
Serpil
S
Salman
Fatih
F
Sargin
Mehmet
M
Işsever
Halim
H
Satman
Ilhan
I
Yilmaz
Temel
T
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
D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin