Increasing Self-Efficacy for the Management of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Through an Advanced Practice Education Program for Primary Care Professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Previous studies have shown that primary care (PC) professionals have a low knowledge about the management of patients with type 2 diabetes, despite being one of the most common chronic diseases. The objective of this study is to analyze the impact of an educational program for health professionals on the metabolic control of their patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

This work follows a quasi-experimental longitudinal design following a double perspective. First, an educational intervention was conducted on primary care health professionals. Previous diabetes knowledge was evaluated on 157 PC health professionals. Those with lower knowledge scores (<3.5 out of 7) were allocated to the intervention group. An 8-week advanced education program

SUBMITTER: Yunis B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11676394 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature