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Aghajani M, Mirbagher Ajorpaz N, Moein M. Effect of empowerment program on HbA1C in type 2 diabetic patients . J Diabetes Nurs 2015; 3 (3) :20-30
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Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran and Ms in Nursing, Department of Nursing, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran and PhD Student of Nursing, International Branch of Shahid Bbeheshty University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran , mirbagher_n@kaums.ac.ir
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Introduction: The most basic indicator of diabetes care is controlling blood sugar in the normal range. HbA1C� has showed blood glucose average in the past 3-2 months and evaluate the effectiveness of treatment. The study has been done with the aim of analyzing the effect of empowerment program on HbA1C in type 2 diabetic patients in Diabetes Center of Kashan.

Methodology: In this clinical trial, 100 patients with type 2 diabetes who had inclusion criteria were chosen randomly and they were divided into control and experimental groups by block randomly method. Intervention, were accomplished as educational sessions that twice in a week for 4 weeks. HbA1C test evaluated in two groups in diabetic patients before and after the intervention. Data was analyzed by SPSS 16 and Statistical tests: Mann Whitney U, Chi-square, Exact fisher, T test.

Results: In this study, no statistically significant difference was observed between the study groups in demographic variables (P<0.05). However, results of paired t-test indicated a statistically significant difference in the mean score of. Significant difference was observed in the mean score of HbA1C in each group after the intervention (p&le0.0001). While there are no significant difference in mean score of HbA1C in two groups after the intervention (p=0.9).

Conclusion: So, use empowerment program in short time has not effects on HbA1C in patients with type 2 diabetes

Keywords: Empowerment, Diabetes, HbA1C
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Diabetic nursing in Hospital
Received: 2015/11/9 | Accepted: 2015/11/13 | Published: 2015/12/1

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