Objective:

This study intends to determine the efficiency of an education program on Diabetes patients in peritoneal dialysis depending on Hb1Ac levels as a metabolic control parameter at a kidney dialysis unit in Cali, Colombia.

Methodology:

This is a quasi-experimental study conducted from June 2013 to February 2014. It included 150 type-2 diabetes subjects undergoing peritoneal dialysis assigned to 3 groups, according to an analysis using Pearson’s chi-squared test (χ2), Student t-test, ANOVA, ANCOVA and multiple linear regression, using IBM-SPSS®.

Results:

The sociodemographic clinical characteristics of the three groups did not present any significant baseline differences. A significant difference was observed in the post intervention knowledge of the group intervened using each module(p<0.05). Hb1Ac levels had no statistically significant differences in 3 months. There was a difference after 6 months of the intervention in the intervened group in comparison with the two control groups (p<0.05).

Conclusions:

Educational intervention can help to reduce Hb1Ac levels in a diabetic patient undergoing peritoneal dialysis if there is a continuous intervention.

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