Abstract
Due to few subjective symptoms, middle-aged employed men with diabetes tend to priorize social obligation over treatment. We evaluated the effect of individual educational in promoting behavioral intent in those with Type 2 diabetes based on the theory of planned behavior.
Subjects were 35 middle-aged employed men with Type 2 diabetes randomly assigned to a 3-session education group (n=17) or a control group (n=18).
Diabetes self-management scores, diabetes self-efficacy scores body mass index (BMI), fasting plasma glucose (FPG), and HbA1C improved significantly in the intervention group during the study, whereas those in the control group showed no significant changes.
Diabetes educational program promoted subjects' behavioral intent and effectively improved diabetes self-management and general metabolism control.
