OBJECTIVE Self-management education, supported by multidisciplinary health care teams, is essential for optimal diabetes management. We sought to determine whether acute diabetes complications or quality of care differed for patients in routine clinical care when their self-management education was delivered through group diabetes education classes versus individual counselling. METHODS With ...

background: low birth weight (lbw) is considered as an  important outcome of birth and pregnancy, which is associated with long-term consequences and health-care problems. maternal lifestyle and health care during pregnancy are powerful predictors of bw of infants. the purpose of this study was to assess the effect of a self-care educational program based on the health belief model (hbm) on red...

aims: the most important causes for mortality rate and poor quality of life in cardiovascular patients arise from insufficient and inappropriate self-care. this study aimed to examine the effect of an educational self-care program on awareness and performance in patients with coronary syndrome. materials & methods: this is an experimental study conducted in hospitals affiliated with qom univers...

background and aim: foot problems are common among patients with diabetes mellitus. in most cases, these problems finally result in amputation. the aim of this study was to investigate the impact of teach-back education on foot self-care among patients with type ii diabetes.   materials and methods: this controlled quasi-experimental study was conducted on 70 patients with type ii diabetes refe...

background: gestational diabetes (ga) is a common complication, associated with adverse prenatal outcomes and perceived stress. the effects of education on perceived stress have been widely investigated, whereas the role of self-care in ga has been less noted. aim: to determine the effects of self-care education on perceived stress in women with ga under insulin treatment. methods: in this rand...

conclusions lecture and educational package can both improve some dimensions of the qol in patients with hypertension. however, as pamphlets are cheap and easy to use, this method may be used as an effective method for self-care education in health care settings in iran, where the system is faced with nursing shortage. results no significant differences were observed between the three groups fo...

a field study was made to investigate the learning needs of patients with pacemaker in shahid rajaii heart hospital's out-patient clinic (1994). a total of 60 patients with pacemaker were selected sequentially from the total population that had a pacemaker and attended the out-patient clinic in shahid rajaii hospital. the subjects met the criteria for participating in this study. the tool ...

background: despite the implementation of new training programs, neglecting individual differences in terms of learning styles can be taken into account as one of the reasons for poor levels of self-care behaviors in patients suffering from diabetes. aim: the purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of training according to the learning styles on self-care behaviors among individu...