Effects of Education and Telephone Support on Type 2 Diabetes Management

Selcuk University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)

Treatments: Behavioral: Diabetes Self-Management Education and Telephone Support

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07383532

2023/08

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study examined the effects of self-management education combined with follow-up telephone support on diabetes self-management, treatment compliance, and medication self-efficacy in adults with Type 2 diabetes. A total of 70 adults with type 2 diabetes were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group. Participants in the intervention group received diabetes self-management education and follow-up telephone support while the control group received usual care. Data were collected using the Personal Information Form, the Diabetes Self-Management Scale, the Patient Adherence Scale for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Treatment, and the Diabetes Medication Use Self-Efficacy Scale.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals with a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes for at least 6 months
• Between the ages of 18-64
• Literate
• Planned hospitalisation for at least three days
• Using only insulin or insulin + oral antidiabetics as treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals with Type 1
• Gestational diabetes,
• Communication disability
• Psychiatric illness
• Severe complications (retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy, diabetic foot, cardiovascular disease)
• Condition that prevents physical activity
• Individuals who could not attend at least two sessions of the diabetes education programme

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Diabetes Self-Management Education and Telephone Support

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm received a structured diabetes self-management education program combined with follow-up telephone support. The intervention consisted of three face-to-face education sessions covering diabetes self-management, treatment compliance, and medication use. In addition, participants received two structured follow-up telephone support calls over a two-month period to reinforce education content, support adherence, and address participant questions. Outcomes were assessed using pre-test and post-test measurements, including diabetes self-management, treatment compliance, medication self-efficacy, and biochemical parameters

Treatment:

Behavioral: Diabetes Self-Management Education and Telephone Support

Usual Care Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in this arm received usual care for Type 2 diabetes without additional diabetes self-management education or follow-up telephone support. They continued routine clinical follow-up and standard treatment as recommended by healthcare providers. Pre-test and post-test assessments were conducted at the same time points as the intervention group, including measures of diabetes self-management, treatment compliance, medication self-efficacy, and biochemical parameters.