The goal of this randomized clinical trial study is to assess the effect of an interventional program on diabetes self-management and therefore on effective glycemic control among diabetic students in Assuit university
1. To formulate a strategy aiming to reduce the burden of diabetes morbidity \& mortality; 2. To determine degree of self-management in diabetic participants 3. To identify the obstacles facing the diabetic students to achieve an accepted self-management; 4. To assess the impact of the interventional program on overcoming such obstacles; and 5. To assess the impact of diabetes self-management on glycemic control among diabetic students in Assiut University All university students who suffer from diabetes and attend the study's clinic seeking medical treatment during a full academic year (2023/2024) with inclusion and exclusion criteria are recruited. The sample is divided into 150 cases for intervention group and 150 for control group (traditional care), by Systemic random technique. All participants will be exposed to Questionnaires for assessment of Diabetes Self-management, and measurements of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), body weight, height, at base line, three months, and 6 months after the end of the program.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
300
interventional program consists of educational part and training part in case of agreement of participants
faculty of medicine / Assiut university
Asyut, Egypt
RECRUITINGassessment of change in Perceived Obstacles to diabetes self-management that faced by participants
by short version of the diabetic obstacle questionnaire.
Time frame: at base line, three months and six months after the end of the program.
assessment of Change in Diabetes Self-management
by diabetes self-management questionnaire,
Time frame: at base line, three months and six months after the end of the program.
assessment of change in measurements of glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)
by blood analysis to measure (HbA1c)
Time frame: at base line, three months and six months after the end of the program.
assessment of change in measurement of body mass index (BMI)
by measurement of weight in kilograms and height in meters and use formula: (BMI) = weight in kilograms ÷ ( height in meter × height in meter)
Time frame: at base line, three months and six months after the end of the program.
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