Effectiveness of health promotion program with group process on the self-care behaviors modification of type 2 diabetic patients at Sukkasem Community Health Center, Tambon Tatcheungchum, Muang, Sakon Nakhon. ผลของโปรแกรมส่งเสริมสุขภาพร่วมกับการจัดกระบวนการกลุ่มในการปรับเปลี่ยนพฤติกรรมการดูแลตนเองของผู้ป่วยเบาหวานชนิดที่ 2 ศูนย์สุขภาพชุมชนเมืองสุขเกษม ตำบลธาตุเชิงชุม อำเภอเมือง จังหวัดสกลนคร

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           The health promotion program with group process could give knowledge to type 2 diabetic patients on self-care behavior modification and as a result could reduce complications. This study was a quasi-experimental research to evaluate the effectiveness of the health promotion program on the disease knowledge, perception, expectation, self-care behavior, complication prevention and fasting blood sugar level of 30 type 2 diabetic mellitus (DM) patients at Sukkasem Community Health Center, Muang, Sakon Nakhon. The study duration were 3 months (April to June, 2016). Statistical analysis was conducted by using paired t-test. The results show that the mean overall score was increased. After program participation, the subjects had significantly higher knowledges of DM and perception of DM severity compared to those of before participation (p<0.05). Their fasting blood sugar were significantly lower than those before program participation p<0.05). Their HbA1C were significantly lower than those before program participation (p<0.05). This study suggested that the health promotion program with group process could increase the knowledge and awareness of diabetes severity of the patients and as a result, could be able to facilitate their blood sugar controlling. This program should be useful for diabetic clinic and other chronic diseases clinic in the future.

          Keywords : Promotion program, Motivation theory, Group Process, Type 2 Diabetics