Tab. III.

Comparison of mean and standard deviation of self-care and related dimensions in diabetic patients in experimental and control groups before and after educational intervention.

Self-care dimension		Intervention (n = 83)	Control (n = 83)	P value between two group
		Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Physical activity	Before	1.80 ± 0.78	1.75 ± 0.75	0.41
	After	3.60 ± 0.52	1.82 ± 0.77	P < 0.001
	P value pre-post	P < 0.001	0.19
Nutrition	Before	26.18 ± 3.9	26.39 ± 3.4	0.53
	After	41.30 ± 10.1	26.33 ± 3.91	P < 0.001
	P value pre-post	P < 0.001	0.53
Foot care	Before	7.14 ± 3.72	6.93 ± 3.67	0.26
	After	18.38 ± 2.16	7.10 ± 3.72	P < 0.001
	P value pre-post	P < 0.001	0.20
Medication adherence	Before	5.43 ± 0.94	6.21 ± 0.85	0.11
	After	10.09 ± 0.47	6.35 ± 0.91	P < 0.001
	P value pre-post	P < 0.001	0.16
Blood glucose control	Before	2.40 ± 0.76	2.30 ± 0.85	0.18
	After	3.90 ± 0.54	2.24 ± 0.72	P < 0.001
	P value pre-post	P < 0.05	0.47
Total self-care	Before	31.11 ± 3.47	30.74 ± 4.07	0.13
	After	63.05 ± 5.18	31.35 ± 3.22	P < 0.001
	P value pre-post	P < 0.001	0.63