Abstract
Objective
To assess the quality of life, knowledge about the disease and the attitude of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus before and after participation in an educational program.
Methods
Quasi-experimental study conducted with 110 patients seen at the clinic of a teaching hospital. In the Control Group subjects received routine care (n=74) and in the Experimental Group received routine care and participated in educational interventions (n=36). The WHOQOL-BREF and B-PAID were used to assess the quality of life; DKN-A to assess the knowledge and the ATT-19 to assess attitude.
Results
There was improvement in quality of life after participation in the educational program, particularly in social relations domain; decrease the suffering of living with DM and knowledge acquisition were statistically significant. Attitude increase was discreet.
Conclusion
The educational program for DM2 contributed to increase quality of life, with reduction of suffering; increased knowledge about disease, treatment and better coping the disease.
Patient education; Health education; Diabetes mellitus, type 2; Quality of life