Effect of Health Educational Program on Early Detection of Alzheimer Disease among Elderly patients with Diabetes type I

Background: Diabetes type II is one of the most serious health challenges as it affects bothhuman and material resources. Due to its complication, there were varying degrees ofdisability, a decline in survival, a drop in living standards, and an increase in the financial loadon the individual and family. Aim of study: evaluate the effect of health education program onelderly with diabetes type II for early detection of Alzheimer disease (Diabetes type III).Subjects and Method:-Study design: A quasi-experimental study Subjects: A conveniencesample of 105 elderly with diabetes type II data Tools collection: Tool (I): A structuredschedule. Part I: Bio-socio-demographic features of elderly with type II diabetes. Part II:Medical history. Part III: Knowledge of the elderly patient about type II diabetes (DiabeticKnowledge Test DKT). Tool (II): Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire (DSMQ) ToolIII: King's Health Questionnaire (KHQ) Tool (IV): Mini – Mental State Examination(MMSE). Tool (V): physical assessment. Results: Greater than two-thirds of the studiedelderly has lower level of knowledge about diabetes before intervention while two-thirds ofelderly acquired high level of knowledge about it after intervention. Most of the studied elderlyhad low level of knowledge about Alzheimer disease before intervention while almost three-quarters of them had high level of knowledge about it after intervention. Conclusion andrecommendation: greater incidence of minor cognitive impairment going undetected in type IIdiabetics. Efforts should be done to enhance knowledge and practical skills of the diabeticpatients and their family