IRCT2013111215390N1 IRCT 2014-01-24 Vice chancellor for research, Urmia University of Medical Sciences The effect of tele-education on Laboratory parameters of patients with type 2 diabetes The effect of tele-education by telephone and short message service on Laboratory parameters in type 2 diabetic patients who refer to Urmia Diabetes Association in 2011 2011-08-23 anticipated 66 Complete https://irct.ir/trial/14657 interventional Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Not blinded, Placebo: Not used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Health service research, Other design features: For sampling, initially a sampling frame of patients who met inclusion criteria have been provided, then by using random number table 66 patients were selected randomly among them. Then the patients allocated in two intervention and control groups. 3 Non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Intervention 1: Education by Telephone intervention was carried out for three months. In this case, telephone calls for follow up and education were established by the researcher for every participant twice a week. The time for Telephone calls was determined between 8 Am to 10 Pm with the agreement of the patients. The average call duration was considered about 20 minutes. The content of telephone conversations, including the assessment of glycemic control status in the field of diet, exercise, blood glucose self-monitoring and medication. And if there is a failure of glycemic control, the situation analyzed with participants’ help to find the problem, eventually providing suggested solution to the patient for solving the problem and answering patient questions. In education by mobile phone (SMS) messages regarding the self-care education (diet, exercise, self-monitoring of blood glucose, foot care and medication) was sent. Every day, a message was sent to participants, so that in three months, 90 text messages were sent. Intervention 2: No intervention carried out in control group.