Effect of empowerment program on HbA1C in type 2 diabetic patients

The most basic indicator of diabetes care is controlling blood sugar in the normal range. HbA1C� has showed blood glucose average in the past 3-2 months and evaluate the effectiveness of treatment. The study has been done with the aim of analyzing the effect of empowerment program on HbA1C in type 2 diabetic patients in Diabetes Center of Kashan. In this clinical trial, 100 patients with type 2 diabetes who had inclusion criteria were chosen randomly and they were divided into control and experimental groups by block randomly method. Intervention, were accomplished as educational sessions that twice in a week for 4 weeks. HbA1C test evaluated in two groups in diabetic patients before and after the intervention. Data was analyzed by SPSS 16 and Statistical tests: Mann Whitney U, Chi-square, Exact fisher, T test. In this study, no statistically significant difference was observed between the study groups in demographic variables (P<0.05). However, results of paired t-test indicated a statistically significant difference in the mean score of. Significant difference was observed in the mean score of HbA1C in each group after the intervention (p&le0.0001). While there are no significant difference in mean score of HbA1C in two groups after the intervention (p=0.9). So, use empowerment program in short time has not effects on HbA1C in patients with type 2 diabetes