Effects of a Nurse-Led Educational Intervention on Knowledge, Perception, and Compliance to Lifestyle Modifications among Diabetics in Selected Hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstract

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a Nurse-Led Educational Intervention (NLEI) on
knowledge, perception, and compliance to lifestyle modifications among diabetics in
selected hospitals in Ibadan. A quasi-experimental design was used to assess the impact of
a structured nurse-led educational program with a total of 122 diabetic patients purposively
assigned in intervention and control groups (61 each) in a six-week nurse-led education
and routine care respectively. Data were collected pre and post-intervention using a
validated questionnaire, statistical analysis, descriptive statistics, paired t-tests, and
ANCOVA at a 0.05 significance level. The participant mean age was 63.0±11.4
(Intervention) versus 65.9±11.4 (Control) (p>0.05). The Post-intervention findings
revealed a significant improvement in the intervention group’s mean scores for NLEI group
on knowledge at 16.6±2.1 versus control at 13.8±3.0 (p<0.001), knowledge rose from
11.5% to 68.8%, and on perception, NLEI group was at 82.9±9.2 versus control at
75.4±11.9 (p<0.001), perception increased from 23.0% to 74.4%, while on compliance,
NLEI group was at 89.6±6.7 versus control at 75.5±12.5 (p<0.001), compliance surged
from 16.4% to 91.8%. Nurse-Led Educational Intervention significantly improve
knowledge, perception, and compliance with lifestyle modifications among diabetics and
it is important to integrate such interventions into routine diabetes care, particularly in
resource constrained settings.