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Background: Diabetes is the most widely and important patient that derived from body metabolism disorders. Health education and modification and behavioral methods are more effective and economic way to prevent and control the diabetes. So, the aim of present research is study of the effect of changing behavior on knowledge, attitudes, self-care, quality of life, and lifestyle of type II diabetic patients. Materials and Methods: Research method was experimental that carried out using the pretest–posttest plan and a control group. From patients with type II diabetes who referenced to Bojnord health center selected forty patients that fitted to identified criteria and assigned to 2 group of experiment (20 patients) and control (20 patients). Five-section questionnaire was implemented to determine the demographic information and to measure knowledge (from Ghanzanfari and reliability 0.84), attitude (from Ghanzanfari and reliability 0.81), self-care (from Ghanzanfari and reliability 0.91) and quality of life (SF-20 and reliability 0.79). These tools conducted in 2 stages. Validity of questionnaires has approved through experts. Educational program based on modification of habits and nutrition method conducted in 5 session 30 minutes. Data analyzed through SPSS 18. Results: The mean age of people was 52.17±7.58. The results showed that intervention of education had no significant effect on the knowledge of the people under study (p=0.083). However, on the variables of attitudes toward the illness (p=0.001), self-care (p=0.001) and quality of life (p=0.001), intervention of changing behavior had a significant effect. Conclusion: Implementing health care and changing inappropriate behaviors, type II diabetic patients would be able to change their attitude toward life and lifestyle. Such cares would be better to be continuous and the clinical and psychological methods to be applied in addition to the pharmaceutical ones.
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