title: Effectiveness of individual and group interventions for people with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to compare the effectiveness of two educational interventions used by a healthcare provider in the monitoring of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), regarding knowledge of the disease, impact on quality of life and adoption of self-care actions.
  
  
  METHODS
  comparative, longitudinal, prospective study performed with 150 subjects with type 2 diabetes, analyzed according to the type of participation in the program (individual and/or group). Participants of the individual intervention (II) received nursing consultations every six months and those of the group intervention (GI) took part in weekly meetings for three months. Data were collected through four questionnaires: Identification questionnaire, Problem Areas in Diabetes Questionnaire (PAID), Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Questionnaire (SDSCA) and the Diabetes Knowledge Scale (DKN-A). Data were analyzed using the Friedman and Mann Whitney tests, considering a statistical significance of p ≤ 0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  there was an increase in knowledge about the disease in the II (p<0.003) and GI (p<0.007), with reduction of the impact on the quality of life in the II (p<0.007) and improvement in self-care actions in the GI (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  in both intervention models improvements were observed in the indicators, over the six month monitoring period.
authors.affiliation: Unimed do Brasil, Londrina, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda Manoel
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Imazu
authors.affiliation: aff2, Brazil.
authors.forename: Barbara Nascimento
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Faria
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Guilherme Oliveira
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: de Arruda
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Catarina Aparecida
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.affiliation: Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sonia Silva
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Marcon
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D012648:Self Care; D057566:Self Report