Effectiveness of the “Sweet and healthy life” program in the knowledge and practices of self-care in adult patients with Diabetes Mellitus at the Primary Care Center III - Huaycán, Lima, 2017

• Autores: Lazo Villalta, Astrid Eloisa, Silvano Esteban, Cryss Samanta, Contreras Castro, Flor
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Unión
• Repositorio: Revista UPEU - Revista Científica de Ciencias de la Salud
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.upeu.edu.pe:article/246
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/RCCS/article/view/246
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Effectiveness, educational program, level of knowledge, practices, self-care, Primary Care Center, diabetic patients.; Efectividad, programa educativo, nivel de conocimientos, prácticas, autocuidado, Centro de Atención Primaria, pacientes diabéticos.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of the program “Sweet and healthy life” in the knowledge andpractices of self-care in adult patients with Diabetes Mellitus at the Primary Care Center III - Huaycán.Materials and Methods: Quasi experimental design, longitudinal section. The sample consisted of twogroups, 27 in the control group and 27 in the experimental group, selected by non-probabilistic sampling,the program lasted 2 months and a pre and post test was applied. The instruments used for data collectionwere adapted by the researchers, a questionnaire was used for the level of knowledge validated with aKR-20 of 0.80 and to measure the practices it was an observation guide that reached a KR20 of 0.81.Results: It shows that the educational program was effective in the knowledge and practices of self -carein adult patients with Diabetes Mellitus with a p-value of 0.00, through the non-parametric Wilcoxon test.Conclusions: It is concluded that the intervention program is effective in the study variables.