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Volume 20 No 13 (2022)
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Educational intervention in primary care on blood glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Dr. Lenin Carlos Gabriel Flores., Dr. Kathya Verónica Suaste Pazmiño
Abstract
Introduction: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing in rural areas of Tungurahua, making educational
interventions necessary.
Objective: to evaluate the long-term impact of an educational intervention on diabetes knowledge.
Methods: The study was nested in an educational intervention project in primary health care in
Tungurahua. Questionnaires and medical records were compared at the beginning and end of the
intervention.
Results: diabetes knowledge score increased in the intervention group in 2021 compared to 2020.
Conclusions: the educational intervention improved the diabetes knowledge score in the intervention
group
Keywords
diabetes mellitus, glycemia, educational intervention, source control: DeCS
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