A study to assess the effectiveness of cinnamon for lowering blood sugar among type ii diabetes patients in selected primary health centers, Namakkal district

A study on effectiveness of Cinnamon in lowering blood sugar among Type II diabetes patients in selected primary health centre, Namakkal District was done by 30093602 as a partial fulfillment of the requirement of the Master degree of Science in Nursing under the Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, 2010 - 2011. The objectives of the study were, To evaluate the blood sugar level before and after taking cinnamon among type II diabetes patients in experimental group, To compare the mean difference in blood sugar among type II diabetes patients between the experimental and control group and To test the association between the mean difference in blood sugar and selected factors among type II diabetes patients. The research hypothesis were H1: There will be a significant difference between pre and post test mean blood sugar among type II diabetes patients, H2: There will be a significant mean difference in the mean difference of blood sugar among type II diabetes patients between the experimental and control group and H3: There will a significant association between the mean difference in blood sugar and selected factors among type II diabetes patients in experimental group. An extensive review of literature was organized under the following headings. (1) Studies related to type II diabetes, (2) Studies related to type II diabetes and cinnamon and (3) Studies related to type II diabetes and Complementary and alternative therapy. 83 The conceptual framework was based on evidenced based practice model. The research design was quasi experimental design, the sample were choosen by purposive sampling technique, 24 in experimental and 19 in control group. the data were collected by interview and observation technique from the type II diabetes patients at Namakkal district. 6grams of Cinnamon was administered along with the breakfast to the experimental group. Data obtained were edited ,organized and analyzed by using SPSS package(version 17). The finding of the study revealed that there was significant reduction in the blood sugar in experimental group, whereas there was no significant difference in mean difference among experimental and control group. The conclusion of the study was that administration of cinnamon was effective in reducing the blood sugar among type II diabetes patients