The Effect of Self-Care Education on Emotional Intelligence and HbA1c level in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.
Salma Tavakol Moghadam, Seyed Saeed Najafi, Shahrzad Yektatalab
PMID 29344534WHAT IT FOUND
Structured diabetes self-care education lowered HbA1c in adults with type 2 diabetes.
Emotional intelligence rose over time, but did not clearly differ between groups.
Key findings
01In adults with type 2 diabetes, the educational intervention group had lower HbA1c than the control group across time (P<0.001).
02HbA1c means in the intervention group were 8.72±1.11 before, 6.74±1.24 after, and 7.07±1.03 two months after; control means were 8.49±1.37, 8.85±1.67, and 8.68±1.40.
03Emotional intelligence change differed between groups over time (P<0.001), but the groups did not differ overall (P=0.08).
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What it does not show
Only 21 patients in each group completed the study, after some were excluded because of travel or unwillingness to continue. Follow-up was limited to two months. The study was done at only one center, which restricts generalization. The intervention combined many educational and coping components, so the contribution of any single component cannot be separated. The overall group difference in emotional intelligence was not significant (P=0.08), despite a higher mean in the intervention group.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that self-care education alone caused the HbA1c improvement or that emotional intelligence clearly improved between groups. The program included many components, and the overall group difference in emotional intelligence was not significant (P=0.08).