Abstract: Morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes mellitus and its complication has been on the increase due to inadequate knowledge about management of diabetes mellitus and prevention of its complications among patients. The study assessed the effect of nursing intervention on knowledge about diabetes mellitus and prevention of its complications among diabetics attending two selected State Hospitals, Ogun State. This study adopted a pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design. The population were 60 diabetics attending medical outpatient clinic in State Hospital Ijebu-Ode and 50 diabetics attending medical outpatient clinic in State Hospital, Ijaye. Sample size was determined using total enumeration method and 54 diabetics were utilized for experimental while 47 where used for control. The researcher-developed questionnaire that was utilized to collect data on knowledge about diabetes mellitus and prevention of its complication among diabetics for pre and post-intervention. Reliability of instrument was determined using Cronbach's Alpha coefficient which was calculated to be.......
Key Words: Diabetes mellitus, Knowledge, Complications, Nursing Intervention, Prevention
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