This study was conducted to examine the effects of Information, Motivation and Behavioral Skills (IMB) model-based diabetes education and motivational interviewing on care outcomes in adults with Type 2 diabetes. The study is a single-blind, randomized controlled trial with pre-test, post-test and follow-up test measurements from experimental research designs. The study was carried out in the Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases Polyclinic, and the data were collected between June 2021 and February 2022. The sample of the study (intervention group=30, control group=30) consisted of 60 individuals with type 2 diabetes. Study data were collected with Adult Diabetes Information Scale, Health Belief Model Scale, Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale, Diabetes Self-Management Scale and metabolic control parameters follow-up form. IMB model-based diabetes education and motivational interview program were applied to the individuals in the experimental group for three months. Initially, diabetes education was given in small groups in four sessions, then Motivational Interviews were held individually every two weeks for a total of five sessions via WhatsApp.
This study was conducted to examine the effects of IMB model-based diabetes education and Motivational Interviewing for adults with Type 2 diabetes on care outcomes This study was conducted to examine the effects of IMB model-based diabetes education and Motivational Interviewing interventions on care outcomes for adults with Type 2 diabetes (diabetes knowledge, health belief, self-efficacy, self-management, HbA1c and BKİ).