The effect of family-centered empowerment model on burden of care in parents and blood glucose level of children with type I diabetes family empowerment on burden of care and HbA1C

Table 2 Comparison of the severity of burden of parents of children with type 1 diabetes in control and intervention groups before, after the intervention, and two months later

Burden measurement time	Group	No burden	Moderate burden	Moderate to severe burden	Severe burden	P-value
Pretest	Control group (N = 50)	(0) 0	(0) 0	(8) 4	(92) 46	0.338*
Pretest	Intervention group (N = 50)	(0) 0	(0) 0	(14) 7	(86) 43	0.338*
Posttest	Control group (N = 50)	(0) 0	(0) 0	(100) 50	(0) 0	< 0.0001^£
Posttest	Intervention group (N = 50)	(34) 17	(62) 31	(4) 2	(0) 0	< 0.0001^£
Two months later	Control group (N = 50)	(0) 0	(0) 0	(100) (50)	(0) 0	< 0.0001 ^£
Two months later	Intervention group (N = 50)	(62) 31	(36) 18	(2) 1	(0) 0	< 0.0001 ^£

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