Abstract

Background: Diabetes prevalence and its incidences are increasing; therefore evidence-based interventions are needed to improve health and general well-being of patients. Such interventions should be rigorously evaluated for efficacy and effectiveness. Pilot studies are critical and plays essential role in the development and evaluation of an intervention by contributing to better understanding of the mechanisms and conditions of intervention’s applicability and transferability. Family-centred nutrition and exercise diabetes intervention was piloted. Therefore, this paper seeks to review the pilot implementation of the family-centred nutrition and exercise diabetes intervention. Method: A quantitative evaluation and cross-sectional study design was used in this study. A total of 100 subjects (50 DM patients and 50 nondiabetic family members) were purposively sampled. Close-ended evaluation questionnaire were used to collect data from participants and data analysed using SPSS. Results: Majority of patients (84%) and all family members (100%) indicated that the organization of the educational intervention was commendable. All patients (100%) and family members (100%) indicated that the presentations stimulated their interest and were very helpful to their learning; seen flyers and posters. Majority of patients (88%) indicated that the intervention was neither easy nor difficult, compared to less than half of family members (86%). All patients (100%) and 94% of family members indicated that they have learned much from intervention. Conclusion: Both patients and families commended the intervention, found the presentations informative and that the whole intervention was beneficial to them since they learned much from it. Therefore, this study recommends conducting of main and impact studies, respectively.