Effect of educational intervention programme on the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in South-East, Nigeria

• Published in: BMC endocrine disorders 2023-04, Vol.23 (1), p.75-75, Article 75
• Main Authors: Okafor, Christiana Nkiru, Akosile, Christopher Olusanjo, Nkechi, Chiejina Edith, Okonkwo, Uchenna Prosper, Nwankwo, Chinenye Mercy, Okoronkwo, Ijeoma Lewechi, Okpala, Pat Uzo, Afonne, Anulika Johnson
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Analysis; Blood sugar; Chronic Disease; Chronic diseases; Chronic illnesses; Data collection; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy; Diabetes therapy; Diabetics; Disease; Educational intervention; Health; HRQOL; Humans; Intervention; Medical research; Metabolism; Nigeria; Patient Education as Topic - methods; Patient Participation; Quality of Life; Quasi-experimental; Quasi-experimental methods; Questionnaires; Rankings; Sampling techniques; Self Care - methods; Self-care, Health; Self-management education; Statistical analysis; Surveys and Questionnaires; T2DM; Teaching hospitals; Type 2 diabetes
• ISSN: 1472-6823; 1472-6823
• DOI: 10.1186/s12902-023-01329-y

Diabetes is one of the most important chronic diseases that have a great impact on health as people with diabetes are constantly being reminded of their disease daily; they have to eat carefully, exercise, and test their blood glucose. They often feel challenged by their disease because of its day-to-day management demands and these affect their quality of life. The study aimed at determining the effect of an educational intervention program on the quality of life of Individuals with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in South East, Nigeria. A quasi-experimental controlled study involving three hundred and eighty-two (382) type 2 DM persons recruited from the tertiary health institutions in South East, Nigeria, and randomly assigned to intervention and control groups respectively. Data was collected from the diabetic clinics of the health institutions using the SF - 36 questionnaires. Pretest data collection was done, and thereafter, education on self-care was given to the intervention group. After a 6months follow-up, post-test data were collected from both groups. Analysis was done using an Independent t-test, Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), Paired Samples Test, and Spearman rank order correlation at 0.05 alpha level. The control group indicated significantly higher mean HRQOL scores in most domains of the HRQOL before intervention (t = -1.927 to -6.072, p