evaluating the effect of discharge planning on glycosylated hemoglobin level in type 2 diabetic patients who referred to the vasei hospital in sabzevar, iran: an interventional study

Background: diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases that causes various complications. glycosylated hemoglobin is a reliable indicator of diabetes. objectives: the purpose of the present studywasto assess the impact of discharge planningonimproving glycosylatedhemoglobin in patients with type 2 diabetes. methods: this is a quasi-experimental study which was conducted in vasei hospital, sabzevar, in 2014. the subjects of this study included 70 patients with type 2 diabeteswhowere chosen non-randomly throughconvenience sampling. the subjects were divided into the intervention and control groups. results: the findings showed a significant difference between the control and intervention groups in terms of mean value of glycosylated hemoglobin obtained in the post-test (7.25 versus 8.16, p< 0.001). controlling the effects of the pre-test, the authors observed similar results obtained via covariance analysis.