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education at all, only 33% of diabetic patients had adequate<br />
health education. 49 Eighty percent (80%) were questioned about<br />
diabetes and 77% were educated about the diets role. They also<br />
found that the essential structure for the diabetes education program<br />
was found to be unsatisfactory and recommended a structured<br />
education program to be applied. 49<br />
Another interesting study done in a primary health care<br />
center in Abha, 50 where 475 diabetic patients were registered<br />
and followed up, the les of 198 diabetic patients who ful-<br />
lled the inclusion criteria set for this study were reviewed. 50<br />
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of health education<br />
delivered in the PHC setting on the control of diabetes<br />
and to investigate any gender difference affecting the validity<br />
of health education message. Males received signi cantly more<br />
health education sessions (4.2+1.9 versus 1.8+1.3 p
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