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Nursing-Intense Health Education Intervention for Persons with Type 2 Diabetes: A Quasi-Experimental Study
- Source :
- Healthcare, Volume 9, Issue 7, Healthcare, Vol 9, Iss 832, p 832 (2021), Digibug: Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, Universidad de Granada (UGR), Digibug. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Granada, instname
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021.
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Abstract
- Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is a highly prevalent disease, the progression of which depends on high blood glucose levels, which are reflected in the level of glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c). Appropriate health education equips patients with the knowledge and skills to control their glucose and HbA1c levels to avoid long-term complications. This study was set up to compare the results of an intensive (360 min) educational intervention to improve HbA1c parameters in patients with DM2 with those of a usual 90 min intervention. For this purpose, healthcare personnel led a quasi-experimental study of 249 diabetics: 171 in the control group, and 78 in the intervention group. In the control group, the mean HbA1c value decreased from 6.97 to 6.75, while in intervention group it fell from 8.97 to 8.06. The before and after mean difference between both groups was compared with a Wilcoxon test, and the results statistically significant (W = 4530<br />p &lt<br />0.001), indicating a higher reduction of HbA1c in the intervention group. We concluded that the intensive health education provided by nurses during the consultation helped improve HBA1c levels in persons with DM2.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
diabetes mellitus type 2
HbA1c
Wilcoxon signed-rank test
endocrine system diseases
Leadership and Management
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Health Informatics
Disease
Type 2 diabetes
Article
03 medical and health sciences
primary care
0302 clinical medicine
Clinical trials
Health Information Management
Intervention (counseling)
Health care
medicine
health education
030212 general & internal medicine
business.industry
Health Policy
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
clinical trial
Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
medicine.disease
Primary care
Clinical trial
Health education
Physical therapy
Medicine
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22279032
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Healthcare
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....869a2c43ac1376fa0d0ad6e5a7696eb8
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070832