The Effect of Family Support on Diabetes Patients' Health Beliefs, Behavioral and Metabolic Results

This study, designed according to the randomized pre-test and post-test control group experimental model, will be carried out with the patients who apply to the Diabetes Education Unit of Samsun Training and Research Hospital The universe of the study will consist of adult patients between the ages of 20-65 among the diabetic patients who apply to Samsun Training and Research Hospital Diabetes Education Unit. The sample of the study will consist of 100 diabetic patients who comply with the selection criteria and volunteer to participate in the study. The average scores of Hensarling\'s Diabetes Family Support Scale in Diabetes Patients were determined as 64.12, with an error margin of %5% and a 95% confidence interval, with a sample size of 80% with a sample size of 35 patients for each group, a total of 70 patients. Considering the participant losses during the project, 50 diabetic patients (experiment = 50, control = 50) for each group were determined as a total sample group of 100 diabetic patients with 50% reserve. Personal questionnaire prepared by the researcher in line with the literature, Health Belief Model Scale in Diabetes Patients, Hensarling\'s Diabetes Family Support Scale and Diabetes Attitude Scale will be used. The purpose of the study will be explained to the diabetic patients who apply to Samsun Training and Research Hospital Diabetes Education Unit and the study will be carried out with diabetic patients who agree to participate in the study. Diabetes patients will be divided into experimental and control groups by Simple Random Method. A training program will be applied to the diabetic patient and their family members included in the experimental group. After the training, a reminder text message will be sent to their phones twice a week for three months and they will be called once a month. Three months after the end of the training, the control will be called for examination.