Abstract
Objectioe The current research was designed to develop a health education programme for type 2 diabetes mellitus based on the Taba- Tyler model and to evaluate its effect.
Design The study was quasi-experimental in design.
Setting Fifty-five patients from the Endocrinology and Metabolism Unit, University Hospital of Ankara.
Method An education programme was developed on the basis of the Taba-Tyler model. Subjects received two educational sequential forty- minute sessions. The objectives of the education programme covered knowledge about type 2 diabetes mellitus. To assess the effect of the programme, a test was developed which was applied at the beginning and at the end of each session. The mean of the correct answers of pre- and post-tests were analysed to assess the effect of the programme. The results were also analysed across the independent variables demographic and medical characteristics.
Results In every content area, the percentage of correct answers increased approximately from 45.0 per cent to 75.0 per cent. The score of pre-test was 11.7 ± 4.7 and the score of post-test was 17.8 ±. 3.5. The difference between two scores was statistically significant. Independent variables such as employment status and having a family history of diabetes, influenced the level of knowledge of diabetes (p<0.05).
Conclusion This study reported a change in knowledge, but no evidence was collected to determine whether any behaviour changes occurred.
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