Results from the first culturally tailored, multidisciplinary diabetes education in Lebanese adults with type 2 diabetes: effects on self-care and metabolic outcomes

Table 2 Glycemic control, diabetes knowledge, self-care, fatalism, and social support at baseline and 6 months, post intervention

	Baseline		6 months		Mean difference	95% CI for Mean difference	p-value
	M	SD	M	SD
Glycemic control
HbA1c %	8.98	1.38	8.63	1.11	− 0.35	− 0.98; 0.26	0.24
FPG mg/dl	203.96	69.14	165.33	53.98	− 38.63	− 70.42; − 6.84	0.02*
DKT score	8.14	2.19	8.44	2.37	0.3	− 0.85; 1.45	0.61
SDSCA scores
General Diet	2.38	2.35	5.00	2.43	2.62	1.33; 3.91	0.0003**
Exercise	2.52	2.48	3.11	2.04	0.58	− 0.62; 1.81	0.32
SMBG	1.61	2.24	5.15	1.98	3.54	2.33; 4.76	< 0.001**
Foot care	3.56	3.14	5.48	2.75	1.92	0.32; 3.52	0.02*
Medication compliance	6.48	1.81	7	0	0.52	− 0.22; 1.26	0.16
DFS score	27.59	7.83	26.31	8.02	− 1.28	− 3.90; 1.52	0.373
SS score	39.63	13.59	46.37	13.28	6.74	− 0.56; 14.05	0.069

Data is presented as mean and standard deviation (SD); *p < 0.05 **p < 0.001 (paired t-test). FPG: Fasting plasma Glucose; DKT: Diabetes Knowledge Test; SDSCA: Summary of Diabetes SelfCare Activities; SMBG: self-monitoring of blood glucose; DFS: diabetes fatalism scale; SS: Social Support Scale

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