Esmail Hamidian Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Self-care, Quality of life, Home-based education, Quasi-experimental research, Patients with type 2 diabetes
Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
I am Esmail Hamidian belongs to Department of Nursing, interested in the field of Quasi-experimental research from School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran |
Research Article Open Access
Author(s): Esmail Hamidian, Mohammadreza Firouzkouhi, Abdolghani Abdollahimohammad and Elham Shahrakimoghadam
Background and objective: Self-care in diabetic patients refers to individual’s decisions and measures for adaptation to the disease and improvement of health status. These measures include behaviors such as compliance with a healthy diet, physical activity, self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), drug use and foot care. The aim of this study was to compare the effect of home and hospital-based self-care education on quality of life in diabetic patients. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 40 patients with type 2 diabetic were divided into two groups: Home-based and hospital-based education in Zabol, Iran in 2017. Subjects were selected using purposive sampling technique. After being collected, the data were analyzing during SPSS ver.23. Findings: Mean ± SD of quali... view moreĀ»