RESUMEN
Objective To study the effect of motivational interview on health education to patients with diabetes.Methods Fifty patients with diabetes were randomly divided into the control group and the intervention group by using random digit table.The control group was given routine health education and the latter motivational interview.The two groups were compared in terms of self-efficacy and fasting blood sugar and glycated hemoglobin indexes.Result The self-efficacy,fasting blood sugar and glycated hemoglobin indexes in the intervention group were all better than those of the control group(P<0.01).Conclusion Motivational interview can effectively improve the patients’self-efficacy,do good for controling blood sugar level and meanwhile improve the quality of health education.