Table 1. Comparison of score mean of knowledge of self-care before and 2 months after the intervention in control and experimental groups.
|
Group
Subscales |
Experimental | Control | ||||
|
Before
Mean (SD) |
After
*
Mean (SD) |
Paired
t-test result |
Before
Mean (SD) |
After
*
Mean (SD) |
Paired
t-test result |
|
| Diet | 61.21 (18.01) | 81.51 (16.27) | P<0.0001 | 65.75 (12.56) | 79.09 (16.21) | P=0.001 |
| Exercise | 38 (19.89) | 60.66 (17) | P<0.0001 | 44.66 (20.80) | 54 (22.98) | P=0.06 |
| Blood sugar control | 66.06 (22.64) | 82.72 (21.53) | P=0.009 | 66.06 (20.94) | 80.60 (18.13) | P=0.007 |
| Foot care | 42.38 (23.27) | 66.19 (24.16) | P<0.0001 | 38.57 (21.60) | 65.71 (23.30) | P<0.0001 |
| Total score | 51.91 (15.02) | 72.77 (15.33) | P<0.0001 | 53.76 (10.83) | 69.85 (13.45) | P<0.0001 |