The impact of Multimedia Software Support on the Knowledge and Self-Care Behaviors of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: a Randomized Clinical Trial.

Autor: Farmahini Farahani M; Department of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran., Purfarzad Z; Department of Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran., Ghorbani M; Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran., Ghamari Zare Z; Department of Nursing, Islamic Azad University, Qom Branch, Qom, Iran., Ghorbani F; Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of caring sciences [J Caring Sci] 2016 Jun 01; Vol. 5 (2), pp. 111-20. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jun 01 (Print Publication: 2016).
DOI: 10.15171/jcs.2016.012
Abstrakt: Introduction: Education is the most effective and economical part of diabetes treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of a training program with multimedia software on the knowledge and self-care behaviors of patients with type 2 diabetes.
Methods: This study was a randomized controlled clinical trial in which 60 patients referred to diabetes clinic at Arak city were divided randomly into experimental (n=30) and control (n=30) groups. The instruments for collecting data were "Summary of Diabetes self-care activities questionnaire" and "knowledge of self-care in patients with diabetes". Data were collected before and 2 months after the intervention in the both groups. Educational program with equal content was applied for both experimental group (self-care program with multimedia software support) & control group (lecture and presentation with PowerPoint). Data analysis was done using SPSS Ver.13.
Results: Implementation of the self-care program with multimedia software support resulted in improvements in patients' self-care behaviors in the experimental group, whereas these behaviors had not significant changes in the control group after eight weeks. There was a significant difference in the mean score of knowledge in both the experiment and control groups before and after the intervention.
Conclusion: Considering beneficial effects of training program with multimedia software support on the knowledge and self-care behaviors and the importance of this issue, suggested that the patients preferably provide terms of use of educational software for themselves.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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