Effectiveness of Health Education Imparted by Nurses to Diabetic Patients

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Introduction
Diabetes is a physiological disorder which is dependent on the physiological changes
within the human body, in which inadequate production of insulin occurs (Wong et al., 2015).
According got the World Health Organization, more than 380 Million people currently are
affected with diabetes and are suffering from its severity. Diabetes type 2 is the most prevalent
disorder throughput the world and hence, several healthcare interventions, inclusive of patient
education and patient involvement are practices so that the patient affected with diabetes can be
included in the healthcare facility (Inzucchi et al., 2015). Patient education is an effective step
that helps the patient with facts and data regarding their health condition and provides them with
healthcare interventions so that they can manage their diabetic condition (Hinchliffe et al., 2016).
Coppola et al. (2016) has mentioned that these healthcare education has the ability to decrease
the severity of disease as not only the healthcare professional but also the patient affected with it
devotes their effort to control the situation. In this research proposal, the effectiveness of such
healthcare education related to diabetes will be discussed. The aims and objectives are being
presented below.
Research aim
The aim of this research will be to understand the implications for health education
imparted by nurses to diabetic patients so that they can manage their diabetic condition after they
are discharged from respective healthcare facility.
Research objectives
The aims and objectives related to this research project will be-

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 To understand the motivational and influencing elements present in the patient
education and management that led themtake active part in their diabetic
management.
 To determine the loopholes present in the patient education related to diabetes due
to which the management of diabetes stalls.
 to understand the level of competency of the patents while taking care of their
diabetic condition and management
Research question
The research question for this assignment is “whether the patients affected with diabetes
are able to manage their diabetic condition, if they are provided with proper health education
prior to discharge?”
Literature review
Being a severe metabolic disorder, diabetes mellitus requires controlled diet, efficient
management strategy and involvement of physicians so that controlling such severe condition
becomes easier. Therefore, several healthcare facilities provide effective patient education
related to diabetes to the patients so that they can contribute by managing their health and taking
part in healthcare intervention. Khunti et al. (2012), conducted a research to understand the
effectiveness of diabetes related self-management program with people who are currently
diagnosed as diabetic and after providing them initial education, they took follow up for three
years using randomized controlled trial. For the understanding of effectiveness, they measured
the glycated haemoglobin level. However, after the data collection no such changes in the