Nurse-Led Diabetes Self-Management Education Improves Clinical Parameters in Ethiopia

Background: Unlike in developed countries, the clinical effectiveness of diabetes self-management education (DSME) is not well-studied in the African context. Thus, this study sought to determine effects of DSME on clinical outcomes among type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients in Ethiopia. Methods: Before-and-after controlled study design was employed, with random assignment of 116 T2DM adult patients to a nurse-led DSME group and 104 to a...