. Ehab Mudher Mikhael; . Mohamed Azmi Hassali; . Saad Abdulrahman Hussain
Volume 11, Issue 8 , September 2021, , Pages 1-9
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Diabetes self‑management (DSM) is the cornerstone in diabetes mellitus (DM)management. Unfortunately, the practice of DSM by Iraqi type 2 DM (T2DM) patients is poor thatmainly ...
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BACKGROUND: Diabetes self‑management (DSM) is the cornerstone in diabetes mellitus (DM)management. Unfortunately, the practice of DSM by Iraqi type 2 DM (T2DM) patients is poor thatmainly resulted from their poor knowledge about the required DSM behaviors. This lack of knowledgemay be attributed to the lack of DSM education and support (DSMES) program in Iraq. Thus, thisstudy was conducted with aim of developing and validating a culturally specific DSMES programfor Iraqi T2DM patients.MATERIALS AND METHODS: The development and validation of the DSMES program wasdone according to the Hilda Taba model. Content validity of the program was done by a panel of 6health‑care experts in management of Iraqi DM patients. Face validity was confirmed by conductinga pilot study for six adults with uncontrolled T2DM at the National Diabetes Center, Baghdad, Iraq.Both the experts and patients were asked to evaluate the developed program in regard to its contents,design, and supporting material (booklet). The evaluation was done by filling in a questionnaire thatbased on a 5‑point scale. Items with a score ≥4 by <70% of the experts and patients were subjectedto revision and further assessment.RESULTS: No total disagreement for any item was expressed by all participants (experts andpatients). Content and face validity was ensured through obtaining a positive feedback from allparticipants at which all items about the program had scores of ≥4 by at least 75% of participants.CONCLUSION: The developed culturally based DSMES program is highly suitable for educatingIraqi T2DM patients.
