[Effectiveness of the kit Conversation Map in the therapeutic education of diabetic people attending the Diabetes Unit in Carpi, Italy].

We implemented the "Diabetes conversations", programme of the International Diabetes Federation-Europe, characterised by the use of the Conversation Map, an educational interactive kit addressed to groups of diabetic patients on: Living with diabetes, What is diabetes, Healthy diet and physical activity, Initiating insulin therapy. After at least three month from the end of the 4-session course, clinical data of 63 participants from the first 10 groups--age (mean +/- std dev) 61.7 +/- 10.