The Effect of Education Provided According to Social Cognitive Learning Theory on Diabetes Self-management and Quality of Life in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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Conditions: Pre-Existing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Sponsor: Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University

The Effect of Education Provided According to Social Cognitive Learning Theory on Diabetes Self - 
management and Quality of Life in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus  
The study was conducted in order to study the effect of the training given according to social cognitive 
learning theory upon diabetes self-management and quality of life among type 2 diabetes mellitus 
individuals. The study was done as a randomized-controlled experimental study at Internal Diseases 
Polyclinics of Afyonkarahisar Public Hospital between November 2021 and August 2022. The study was 
completed with 60 patients -experimental group (30 patients) and control group (30 patients) who met 
inclusion criteria. The data were gathered using Information Request Form and Metabolic Variables 
Form, Diabetes Self-Management Scale (DSMS) for Type 2 Diabetic Patients, Multidimensional Scale of 
Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), type 2 diabetes mellitus Self-management Questionnaire (SMQ), 
WHOQOL–BREF (WHO- Quality of Life Scale– Short form). A theoretical and practical training based on 
social-cognitive learning theory was provided to the experimental group for the first five weeks –one 
module for each week- through power point presentations and afterwards, SMS reminders were sent 
every fifteen days for seven weeks and at the end of the twelfth week the training was completed. As 
for the control group, they received a standard training from diabetes nurse. The data were assessed 
using suitable statistical methods.