@article{article_391279, title={Diabetes Education and Metabolic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Under Insulin Treatment}, journal={Journal of Uludağ University Medical Faculty}, volume={32}, pages={43–47}, year={2006}, author={Ersoy, Canan and Tuncel, Ercan and Özdemir, Belkıs and Ertürk, Erdinç and İmamoğlu, Şazi}, keywords={Tip 2 diabetes mellitus, İnsülin, Diyabet eğitimi, Metabolik kontrol}, abstract={Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease which may lead to degenerative complications in long-term. Effective glycemic control can prevent the occurence of complications. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of repeated diabetes education programme given in long term on glucose and lipid metabolisms in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients under insulin treatment. One hundred thirty patients without chronic complications were retrospectively evaluated. Fifty three patients completed the education and therapy programmes (education group) while 77 only joined the therapy programme (control group). The age, gender, diabetes duration, baseline blood pressure (BP) and metabolic parameters of the patients in both groups were similar. A1C, fasting and post-prandial glucose levels and systolic BP values of the patients in the education group significantly decreased after the education while systolic BP value increased in the control group. In the education group HDL-chol levels increased from 40 ± 9 mg/dl to 49 ± 14 mg/dl at 6th month. Our study suggests that a comprehensive and frequently repeated diabetes education programme is effective in the achievement of metabolic control.}, number={2}, publisher={Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi}