TY - JOUR ID - TI - The Necessity of Teaching Diabetic Patients the AU - *Khalid Ibrahim Al- Lehibi FRCP (Edin),**Yousif Abdul Raheem FICMS/CM ***Ibtisam Shilbah Hussein PY - 2012 VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 136 EP - 144 JO - Al-Kindy College Medical Journal مجلة كلية الطب الكندي SN - 18109543 25214365 AB - Background: It is important to achieve good glycemic control to avoid long-term diabetic complications. It has been largely debated about the role of correct way of insulin administration to get the desired glycemic control.Objective: To evaluate the effect of teaching diabetic patients who are on insulin therapy the correct way of injecting insulin and its effect on glycemic control.Methods: A non randomized clinical trial with 820 diabetic patients on insulin therapy on whom A1 c estimation was performed before and after three months of teaching them the right injection technique.Results : Sixty seven patients (8.17%) had A1 c 6.5% before they were enrolled in the study while the majority (753 patents, 91.82%) had A1 c 6.5% and the last group showed the best benefit of teaching them the correct way of injection when compared with first group (P= 0.0001). Also patient with age 20-40years showed the best results (P=0.0001), while the poorest results were observed in those aged 40 years and above.Conclusion: Teaching patients the right injection technique is important to achieve good glycemic control in those who already had poor one.Keywords: glycemic control, A1 c, injection technique.

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