The Effect of Self-Care Behaviors Education on Quality Of Life in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Diabetes is the most common metabolic disorder which if not controlled; it
can cause a decrease in patient’s quality of life. Therefore, this study was carried out to evaluate the
effect of educational intervention of self-care behaviors on quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Materials and Methods: This clinical trial study was conducted in 2015 on 90 patients with Type II
diabetes in the city Chalderan. Patients were stratified randomization to intervention and control
groups. Data was collected using standardized questionnaires in two phases before and 3 month after
the educational. To analyze the data was used descriptive statistics and paired t and independent t tests
in level of p<0.05.
Results: Mean and standard deviation age of the patients was 46.3 ± 9.5. The results showed that the
mean (SD) score of knowledge, attitudes and self-care behaviors significantly has increased in
intervention group, but changes was not significant in the control group. In addition, the educational
intervention had a significant effect in improving the quality of life in all its dimensions compared to the
control group had (p<0.05).
Conclusion: The findings of current study showed that educational intervention has been improved
self-care behaviors in patients with type II diabetes. Morover the results showed that by training selfcare behaviors can be improved quality of life