Fikadu Balcha Hailu|Per Hjortdahl|Anne Moen
Effect of locally-contextualized nurse-led diabetes self-management education on psychosocial health and quality of life: A controlled before-after study
University of Oslo|Jimma University|University of Oslo|University of Oslo
study evaluated potential nurseled locally contextualized diabetes selfmanagement education dsme modify psychosocial symptoms healthrelated quality life hrqol resourcelimited setting thus controlled twogroup beforeafter study conducted among people type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dm baseline 116 participants randomly assigned intervention 104 comparison group intervention consisted six interactive dsme sessions administered nurses six months endline data 78 67 intervention 64 62 comparison group participants included final analysis statistically significant differences observed depressive symptoms stress hrqol even though statistically significant proportion participants eye examination endline slightly greater intervention group clinically significant reducing risk diabetes retinopathy complication moreover intervention group participants reported dsme sessions helpful management stress depressive symptoms discuss different reasons may explain nonsignificant findings specifically gaps adaptation education materials resourcelimited setting modifications lowliteracy despite nonsignificant findings part study overall project paved way design test contextualized dsme programs resourcelimited settings africa clinical trial retrospectively registered clinicaltrialsgov identifier nct03185689 june 14 2017 httpsclinicaltrialsgovct2shownct03185689