Implications of the study
T2D, diabetes
DIABETES
The pilot RCT findings showed that the DSMES programme positively affected the perceived social supportive behaviour of people with diabetes and the family caregiver’s supportive behaviour. The preliminary results, effect sizes, feasibility and acceptability of the intervention were identified. Future research is warranted to evaluate the DSMES programme’s effectiveness on a large sample size. The developed DSMES programme (educational handbook, videos and flyers) can be used in diabetes education by healthcare institutions for people with T2D–family caregiver dyads. Hospital-based diabetes education using this programme can be conducted during the morning session, and it offers an option for establishing community-based diabetes education centres and delivering outreach diabetes education.