Effectiveness of Motivational Interview Program for Behavior Modification in Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Uncontrolled Blood Glucose at Sapandum Community Health Center, Sawan Pracharak Hospital

Abstract

This research is a quasi-experimental study employing a non-equivalent two-group pretest-posttest design. The purpose of the research was to study the effectiveness of a motivational interview program in changing the behavior of patients with type 2 diabetes who were unable to control their blood glucose levels. The sample consisted of type 2 diabetic patients who were unable to control their blood glucose levels at Saphan Dam Community Health Center, Sawan Pracharak Hospital, Nakornsawan Province. A total of 64 individuals were selected through stratified random sampling and assigned to either the experimental group (32 participants) or the control group (32 participants) using a matching method. The experimental group participated in the motivational interview program designed to change behavior whereas the control group was free of the intervention program. Data collection included a test form and a questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, paired sample’s t-test, and independent sample’s t-test. The research results showed that after the experiment, the experimental group demonstrated significant improvements in several areas compared to their pre-experiment levels and the control group. These areas included knowledge about diabetes, health beliefs about diabetes, self-management behaviors for controlling blood glucose levels, and hemoglobin A1C levels. These improvements were statistically significant at the 0.05 level.