Jane W Muchiri|Gerda Gericke|Paul Rheeder
Impact of nutrition education on diabetes knowledge and attitudes of adults with type 2 diabetes living in a resource-limited setting in South Africa: a randomised controlled trial
University of Pretoria|University of Pretoria|University of Pretoria
objective evaluate effect nutrition education ne programme diabetes knowledge attitudes adults type 2 diabetes mellitus t2dmmethods eightytwo adults 4070 years poorly controlled t2dm hba1c 8 attending two community health centres moretele north west province south africa participated oneyear randomised controlled trial participants randomised intervention group n 41 8 weekly group education 225 hours followup meetings education materials control group education materials diabetes knowledge form b assessed knowledge diabetes diabetes attitudes scaleiii assessed attitudes towards diabetes treatment assessments done 6 12 months analysis covariance compared groups baseline age gender clinic adjustments intentiontotreat analysis employedresults intervention group higher mean diabetes knowledge scores 095 p 0033 205 p 0001 6 12 months respectively however scores 50 patient autonomy diabetes attitudes score significantly higher intervention group 027 p 0028 12 monthsconclusion ne significantly improved diabetes knowledge intervention group though satisfactorily limited effects attitudes towards diabetes