title: Effectiveness of family involvement in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients: a follow-up study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of family-involvement on health education for T2DM from the aspects of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP), health-related quality of life (HRQoL), body mass index (BMI) and glucose control.
  
  
  METHODS
  A follow-up study was performed and patients with newly diagnosed T2DM were divided into family-involved group (FIG, n=60) and single-involved group (SIG, n=60). Hierarchical linear models were used to assess within-group changes and between-group differences in the glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), KAP, SF-36 and BMI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant improvements in FIG along with significant differences between-group were seen for HbA1c levels (9.73, 8.92, 5.55, 5.79, 5.30 vs. 10.05, 9.53, 6.36, 8.41, 6.58) in baseline, M3, M6, M12, M24 compared with SIG, respectively (all P≤0.001). Significant improvements in FIG along with significant differences between-group were seen for KAP (16.23, 46.98, 48.93 vs. 16.65, 29.07, 37.62), SF-36 (78.04, 92.68, 92.34 vs. 74.96, 77.03, 78.25), and BMI (24.74, 23.46, 22.96 vs. 24.00, 23.45, 23.50) in baseline, M12 and M24, respectively (all P≤0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Family involvement is beneficial to the control of T2DM and should be suggested for T2DM newly diagnosed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Health education should encourage the family to participate in the whole process to improve the efficacy of education.
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China; Department of Clinical Nutrition, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Mai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Nutrition, The Central Hospital of China Aerospace Corporation, Beijing 100049, China.
authors.forename: Mei-Yan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Centre for Evidence-based Medicine, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Zhao-Lan
authors.initials: ZL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Nutrition, Yan-Hua Hospital, Beijing 100250, China.
authors.forename: Xue-Ying
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China. Electronic address: yanbo0722@sina.com.
authors.forename: Yan-Bo
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Hui-Mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Mei
authors.initials: XM
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Management, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Han
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011788:Quality of Life; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents
keywords: Glycosylated hemoglobin A1c; Health education; Health-related quality of life; SF-36; Type 2 diabetes mellitus