Empowerment based educational intervention on self efficacy and glycemic control �An experimental study

Manjula GB

Volume : IV, Issue : XII, December - 2015

Empowerment based educational intervention on self efficacy and glycemic control �An experimental study

Manjula Gb

Abstract :

An experimental study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of empowerment based educational intervention on improving self efficacy and glycemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a sample of 300 patients randomly allotted to experimental and control group. After baseline assessment, subjects in experimental group received an empowerment based educational intervention. Data was collected from both groups at baseline and third month after intervention. It was found that the mean difference in self efficacy between third month and baseline in all domains and the overall self efficacy and difference in HbA1c values were significantly higher (p<0.001) in experimental group than in control group. It was concluded that empowering patients by improving their self efficacy helps reduce HbA1c values.