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Introduction: Among the chronic diseases, diabetes is considered as a silent disease and self caring for these patients deeply affects their treatment and finally their quality of life. This study was conducted to assess the effect of educational programs in promoting the quality of life of diabetic patients
Methods: In this semi-experimental study, 60 diabetic patients were selected by simple random sampling and were divided into two case and control groups. The instrument was a standard questionnaire of measuring quality of life which was completed during an interview before the intervention. After determining the educational needs of the patients, an educational program was held for the case group. The data were analyzed using SPSS-17 and Paired t-test
Results: In both groups, from 60 patients under study, 45 women were aged 50 +/- 3.2: The average change of the quality of life was 65 +/- 5.8 in case group and 41 +/- 3.5 in control group. The results of the data analysis showed a statistical meaningful difference [p=0.001]
Conclusion: According to the findings, the educational program was effective in improving the general health and the quality of life of diabetic patients