The relationship between empowerment with knowledge related to disease and indicators of metabolic control in type 2 diabetic patients

Due to the chronic condition of diabetes and widespread impact on various aspects of life, changing the traditional approach to empowering education and care patients with diabetes may improve levels of self-care and clinical status of them. The purpose of this study was the finding the relationship between empowerment with knowledge related to disease and indicators of metabolic controls in type 2 diabetic patients. This analytical-descriptive study was conducted on 156 patients with type 2 diabetes in 2013. The data collection tool was a questionnaire to assess knowledge, empowerment assessment questionnaire (DES-28) and test record forms (hemoglobin A1C, fasting and non-fasting blood glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and high-density and low-density lipoprotein). Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient. Mean age of the patients was 48.11±6.18 and most of them were female (62.8%). There was a significant relationship between the mean score for empowerment and knowledge of patients. Also a significant relationship was found between hemoglobin A1C, fasting and non-fasting blood glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and HDL with empowerment. But, there was not a significant relationship with LDL and patients with higher empowerment. Continuous training and increasing the knowledge and Empowerment of patients can may result in a favorable outcome of life in these patients.