Several effort have been made by government at all levels, health workers, non-governmental organizations as well as donor towards reducing the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and ensuring quick recovery among patients through adequate self-management, both at the local and international level. However continual increase in the complication of diabetes as a result of improper management of the disease have been a major barrier. This study examines effect of self-care education on quality of life among diabetes patients in selected health facilities in Ondo State. The study adopted quasi-experimental design and used Taro Yamene’s formula for finite population to calculate the sample size which gave 268 and were selected using multi- stage sampling techniques. The study obtained data from the field using structured questionnaire. Data was analysed using SPSS edition 25. Finding revealed that, majority of the respondents had poor knowledge of self-care management of diabetes during pre-intervention, which became improved in the post intervention. More so, finding revealed that, majority of the respondents had good quality of life of diabetic patients during pre-intervention. However, during post intervention, quality of life of diabetic patients became better. Findings also revealed that, there is a significant difference between pre and post intervention knowledge on self-care diabetes management. More findings revealed that, there is a significant difference between pre and post intervention on quality of life of self-care diabetes management. This study concluded that, there is a significant difference in the pre and post knowledge, and quality of life on self-care diabetes management. The study recommended among others that, Government through ministries of health need to look into how to subsidized cost of treatment of diabetes across health facilities, to promote self-care among patients.

Keywords:  Self-care Education, Knowledge, Quality of Life, Diabetic Patients,

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