Table 2: Pre and post-intervention mean knowledge score of diabetic patients on self-management of diabetes among the control and experimental groups.

Mean knowledge score of patients on self-management of diabetes   Control Experimental
  Score range Pre Intervention Post Intervention Pre Intervention Post- Intervention
F % F % F % F %
Above average
Average
Below average
21-31
11-20
0-10
39
1
0
97.5
2.5
0
38
2
0
95.0
5.0
0
77
4
0
95.1
4.9
1.32
81
0
0
100.0
0.00
0.00
Total   40 100 40 100 81 100 81 100
Mean   25.81 ± 2.58 25.50 ± 2.52 26.04 ± 2.97 30.57 ± 0.64
Mean Gain   -0.31 4.53
Maximum
Minimum
  30.15
19.53
28.88
19.11
31.00
17.84
31.00
28.03
Range   10.62 9.77 13.16 2.97