comparison of the impact of face-to-face education and educational booklet methods on health-related quality of life in patient with type 2 diabetes

Aims: several studies have shown controversy over the effectiveness of various educational methods. this study was performed with the aim of comparing the effect of face-to-face education and educational booklet on health-related quality of life in patients suffering from type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: in this clinical trial study, which was conducted in 2017, 120 patients qualified to enter the study were selected by random sampling; they were randomly allocated to 3 groups, including, face-to-face group, education through booklet, and control group. the data were collected through diabetes quality of life-brief clinical inventory (dql-bci). patients in the two intervention groups were presented with materials with the same educational content, but different teaching methods. the data were analyzed by spss 21, using chi-square, one-way analysis of variance, paired t-test, and tukey’s post hoc test. findings: before intervention, mean score of health-related quality of life in patients in the 3 groups was not statistically significant (p=0.1). after intervention, there was a significant difference between the mean score of health-related quality of life of patients in intervention groups and control group (p=0.001). however, there was no significant difference between the patients in face-to-face and education through booklet groups (p>0.05). conclusion: the effect of face-to-face education and educational booklet on health-related quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes is the same.