Background Diabetes is one of the most important chronic diseases that have a great impact on health as people with diabetes are constantly being reminded of their disease daily; they have to eat carefully, exercise, and test their blood glucose. They often feel challenged by their disease because of its day-to-day management demands and these affect their quality of life. The study aimed at determining the effect of an educational intervention program on the quality of life of Individuals with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in South East, Nigeria. Methods A quasi-experimental controlled study involving three hundred and eighty-two (382) type 2 DM persons recruited from the tertiary health institutions in South East, Nigeria, and randomly assigned to intervention and control groups respectively. Data was collected from the diabetic clinics of the health institutions using the SF – 36 questionnaires. Pretest data collection was done, and thereafter, education on self-care was given to the intervention group. After a 6months follow-up, post-test data were collected from both groups. Analysis was done using an Independent t-test, Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), Paired Samples Test, and Spearman rank order correlation at 0.05 alpha level. Results The control group indicated significantly higher mean HRQOL scores in most domains of the HRQOL before intervention (t = -1.927 to -6.072, p < 0.05). However, 6 months after the intervention, the mean HRQOL scores of the intervention group increased significantly in all the domains of HRQOL (p < 0.05) with an effect size of 0.14 (Eta squared). A comparison of the two groups shows a statistically significant difference (64.72 ± 10.96 vs. 58.85 ± 15.23; t = 4.349. p = 0.001) after the intervention. Age was inversely correlated with some domains of HRQOL; as age increases, HRQOL decreases in those domains. Gender had no significant influence on HRQOL. Conclusion Educational intervention was effective in improving HRQOL in individuals with type 2 DM. Hence, it is recommended for inclusion in all diabetes care plans.

Background Diabetes is one of the most important chronic diseases that have a great impact on health as people with diabetes are constantly being reminded of their disease daily; they have to eat carefully, exercise and test their blood glucose. They often feel challenged by their disease because of its day-to-day management demands and these affect their quality of life. The study aimed at determining the effect of an educational intervention program on the quality of life of Individuals with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in South East, Nigeria. Methods A quasi-experimental controlled study involving three hundred and eighty-two (382) type 2 DM persons recruited from the tertiary health institutions in South East, Nigeria, and randomly assigned to intervention and control groups respectively. Data was collected from the diabetic clinics of the health institutions using the SF – 36 questionnaires. Pretest data collection was done, thereafter, education on self-care was given to the intervention group. After a 6months follow-up, post-test data were collected from both groups. Analysis was done using an Independent t-test, Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), Paired Samples Test, and Spearman rank order correlation at 0.05 alpha level. Results The control group indicated significantly higher mean HRQOL scores in most domains of the HRQOL before intervention (t = -1.927 to -6.072, p < 0.05). However, 6 months after the intervention, the mean HRQOL scores of the intervention group increased significantly in all the domains of HRQOL (p < 0.05). Also, the overall mean HRQOL score of the intervention group increased significantly by 5.87point after intervention (64.72 ± 10.96 vs 58.85 ± 15.23; t = 4.349. p = 0.001). Age was inversely correlated with some domains of HRQOL; as age increases, HRQOL decreases in those domains. Gender had no significant influence on HRQOL. Conclusion Educational intervention was very effective in improving HRQOL in individuals with type 2 DM. Hence, it is recommended for inclusion in all diabetes care plans.

Cultural beliefs and practices are among the factors that determine the peculiarities of peoples’ way of life. This study focused on traditional beliefs and practices during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum among childbearing women in Oyi Local Government Area, Anambra State Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine the healthy and harmful traditional beliefs among childbearing women, determine reasons why childbearing women indulge in harmful practices, determine the association of demographic characteristics of the childbearing women in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State with their indulgence in harmful traditional practices during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Descriptive cross-sectional research design was utilized for the study; a sample of 400 respondents was selected through multistage sampling technique. Data were collected using a questionnaire on traditional beliefs and practices during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum. Data collected were analysed using frequencies, percentages, Kruskal-Wallis test and Spearman-rank order correlation. The results showed that 93.3% of the respondents believed that childbearing women should eat well to produce enough breast milk. 38.5% of the women indicated their beliefs in avoiding eating meat of ugly animals. 43.75% of the respondents had the belief that pregnant women should not look at ugly animals, 64% of the respondents indicated that it is an acceptable reason for pregnant women to eat a special type of clay because it contains minerals that strengthen the bones of the baby , 40% indicated that applying palm kernel oil to the umbilical stump hasten healing of the stump. There was significant association between indulgence in harmful traditional practices and marital status of the childbearing women: k= 13.01, p=˂0.01. Also, Age was significantly related to their indulgence in harmful traditional practices: Rho= -0.11, p =0.03. Healthcare providers should be sensitive to their clients ’cultures when developing plan of care and should organize educational campaigns to help change harmful cultural beliefs and practices.

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