effect of orem’s self-care model on the quality of life in adolescents with diabetes type 1: a randomized clinical trial

The present study aims to determine the effect of orem’s self-care model on the quality of life in adolescents with diabetes type 1. a randomized controlled trial was conducted at guilan university of medical sciences in rasht, iran. adolescents diagnosed with type 1 diabetes constituted the study’s participants. the research enrolled 80 diabetic patients, divided randomly into two groups: the control group and the intervention group. the study employed four blocks labeled a, b, c, and d, selecting the initial block through a lottery-based method. the intervention group received a series of eight training sessions structured by the orem’s self-care model. in contrast, the control group received standard routine education without the structured sessions aligned with the aforementioned model. the data collection instruments used in this study comprised a demographic information questionnaire, an orem’s health status questionnaire, and an sf-36 quality of life questionnaire. the study comprised 80 diabetic type 1 patients, with 40 assigned to the control group and 40 to the intervention group. the average age of the participants was 13.40 (sd=2.25). notably, a substantial difference was observed in the change of scores about the physical dimension between the intervention and control groups (p=0.03). additionally, a significant disparity in mental dimension scores was observed between the intervention and control groups (p=0.02). our investigation demonstrated that the development and execution of an educational training program grounded in the orem’s self-care model yielded an enhancement in the quality of life among adolescent patients diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.