Effect of nutritional promotion intervention on dietary adherence among type II diabetes patients in North Shoa Zone Amhara Region: quasi-experimental study

• Published in: Journal of health, population and nutrition population and nutrition, 2023-05, Vol.42 (1), p.49-49, Article 49
• Main Authors: Eshete, Akine, Lambebo, Abera, Mohammed, Sadat, Shewasinad, Sisay, Assefa, Yibeltal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adherence; Analysis; Blood sugar; Continuity (mathematics); Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy; Diabetics; Diet; Diet adherence; Diet therapy; Eating; Eating behavior; Educational programs; Ethiopia; Exercise; Fasting; Fish; Fish oils; Food; Food habits; Glucose; Glycemic control; Health care; Health care facilities; Health care industry; Health care reform; Health facilities; Health problems; Health Promotion; Health services; Healthy food; Hospitals; Humans; Intervention; Mean; Medical personnel; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; North Shoa Zone Amhara Region; Nutrition; Nutrition education; Nutrition research; Nutritional Health Promotion Program; Nutritional Status; Oils; Patient compliance; Patients; Patients with type II diabetes; Physical fitness; Primary care; Public health; Quasi-experimental methods; Selfmanagement; Statistical analysis; Statistical tests; Sugar; Surveys; Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Vegetables
• ISSN: 2072-1315; 1606-0997; 2072-1315
• DOI: 10.1186/s41043-023-00393-3

Diabetes is a major global public health problem that requires self-management behavior. However, this is difficult to implement in practice and requires new approaches. The purpose of this study was to evaluate nutritional promotion interventions for dietary adherence and lessons learned to improve self-management. A quasi-experimental study was conducted from January 2020 to February 2021 in North Shoa Zone public hospital. The study enrolled 216 type II diabetic patients from four public hospitals. Study participants were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups at an individual level. Data were measured twice (baseline and end line survey after six months using interviewer-administered questionnaires). Data were entered into Epi Data V.3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 22. Data were presented as means of standard deviations for continuous variables and percentages for categorical variables. Intervention and control groups were compared before and after intervention using independent t tests. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered significant for all statistical tests. A total of 216 type II diabetics participated in this study. Nutritional promotion intervention programs increased adherence to the mean number of days adhering to a healthy diet (p