“…Therefore, emphasis should be placed on support with patient education given by professional health providers (Graue, Bjarkøy, Iversen, Haugstvedt, & Harris, 2010;Lee, Yeh, Liu, & Chen, 2007). Characteristically, patient education is regarded as an important treatment modality for Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and beneficial effects have been demonstrated for glycemic control (Malone, Shilliday, Ives, & Pignone, 2007), self-care (Norris, Engelgau, & Narayan, 2001), well-being (Adolfsson, Walker-Engström, Smide, & Wikblad, 2007), and cardiovascular risk factors (Duke, Colagiuri, & Colagiuri, 2009) in short-term follow-up prospective studies. Other clinical studies have suggested that regular and sustained reinforcement, encouragement, and education contribute to the maintenance of optimal glycemic control (Clarke, 2009;Minet, Møller, Vach, Wagner, & Henriksen, 2010).…”