Effect of educational program on improving knowledge and practice for adolescences with type 1 diabetes

Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common endocrine and metabolic conditions in childhood. Objectives: to determine the effect of educational program on the adolescences children knowledge and reported practices with type 1 diabetes. Method: Design pretest -posttest design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: study was conducted at outpatient clinic for diabetes at Minia University Hospital for Obstetrics and Pediatrics. Sample: 50 adolescences children with type 1 diabetes. Tools: Pre-designed questionnaire sheet and Educational and training program. Results: this study showed significant improvement in adolescences knowledge and reported practices in post/test I and II. Conclusion: after the implementation of the program, there was remarkable improvement of adolescences children knowledge and reported practices.Recommendations: a developed program should be applied and repeat again every 6 months in the same study setting and adopted in other similar settings with required modifications, provision of continuing education programs.

paper assessment of self efficacy among adolescents with juvenile diabetes

“…Table (1) shows that, nearly half (45.2%) of the studied adolescents were aged 14 < 16 years old, nearly half (42.9%) of them were at preparatory school, more than one third (34.5%) of them were ranked as the second child, more than half (58.3%) of them were living in families composed of 4 to 8 members. Also, more than half of the studied adolescents' mothers were housewives and had completed middle education (58.3%) and (63.1%), respectively.…”