Correlation between patients knowledge and practice mean percent of scores through health education program on diabetic patients in Khartoum State

Background: The study population were consisted of 150 non-insulin depended patients who were chosen randomly from two diabetic clinic centers in Khartoum state divided into two groups an intervention and control group (75 patients for each group).
Objective: The aim of the study is to evaluate effect of health education program on Patients Knowledge and Practice through health education program.
Result: the findings of our study showed that the correlation between Patients Knowledge and Practice mean percent of scores through health education program times, the correlation between each pair of program time is true and not by chance and it is statistically highly significance.
Conclusion: Health education is a very effective method to increase awareness of diabetic patients and minimized complications of diabetes. Health teaching should be a part of the nurse responsibilities and should be emphasized in the basic curriculum of nursing schools and even primary and secondary schools