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Introduction Diabetes is a chronic illness that can be appeared in various periods of a person’s life. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of education regarding the use of insulin pen in patient satisfaction with their treatment and self-management. In addition, the potential effect of different sociodemographic and clinical variables was investigated, both in terms of treatment satisfaction and self-care. Method This is a descriptive study, the sample of which was patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The Diabetes Management Self-efficacy Scale and SCI-R Self-Inventory-Revised Version were used to collect the research data, which included the satisfaction scale, the self-management metrics and the demographic and clinical characteristics. Results 36 men and 54 women participated in the present study with an average age of 69.22 years of life. The results showed a negative weak correlation (r = -0.247) at a statistically significant level (p = 0.020 <0.05) between the level of self-care and the age of the patients. Also, patients who are university graduates presented a higher level of self-care (M = 4.02). The following are holders of PhD (M = 3.66) and TEI graduates (M = 3.62) (p = 0.007 <0.05). Positive weak correlation was noted (r = 0.351) at a statistically significant level (p = 0.001 <0.05) between the level of self-care and treatment satisfaction. Conclusions The role of the interdisciplinary team is important because it helps to support and educate the patient and finally to acquire self-care skills.