Effects of Diabetes Self-Control Program utilizing Transtheoretical Model (TTM) on HbA1c of patients suffering from diabetes in South Korea: Focused on Public Health Program

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of diabetes self-control program utilizing the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) on the degree of HbA1c regulation in patients suffered diabetes. A non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. The data in this study utilized secondary data acquired through 2011 Public Health Programs. The participants were 414 diabetic patients (experimental group 224, control group 190). The diabetes self-control program was conducted for 6 months and follow-up was provided 12 months later. The data were analyzed using a t-test, and ANOVA with SPSS/WIN 21.0. In result of this study, the HbA1c value of experimental group and control group was found no difference in the pre-test. However, for the experimental group, a significant reduction was found for HbA1c value after 3months and 6months as compared to the control group (p<0.05). In Conclusion, these study findings indicate that the diabetes self-control program utilizing the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) is effective and can be recommended as an intervention for patients with diabetes. However, the long-term interventions for diabetes should be studied continuously.