The mean age of the patients who participated in the research was 56.44+12.12 years. Female patients comprised 58.2% of the study sample, and 33.6% of paticipants had a primary school level education. The duration of diabetes in the patients was one to four years for 33.6% of participants while 32.8% of them had had diabetes for ten years or more. Haft of the patients were classified as"good"in terms of adherence to treatment; 31.8% were using oral antidiabetes medication. Only 5.5% were taking daily exercise