Short Message Service as a Tool for Health Education in Families of Children with Type 1 Diabetes in Pakistan: A Randomized Control Trial
| Autor: | Asbah Rahman, Asma Razzaq, Mohammad Sheharyar Khan, Noor un Nisa, Sadaf Nawaz, Saleem Akhtar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 74, Iss 2 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0030-9648 2411-8842 |
| DOI: | 10.51253/pafmj.v74i2.10215 |
| Popis: | Objective: To determine the efficacy of short message service (SMS) for educating families of children with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Study Design: Single-masked randomized control trial (IRCT: 54713). Place and Duration of Study: Tertiary care hospitals of Rawalpindi and Islamabad Pakistan, from Mar to Jul 2021. Methodology: Twenty-nine T1D patients aged 1 to 18 years were randomly allotted to two groups: 15 to intervention or Group-A (receiving 5 SMS per week) and 14 to Control or Group-B (receiving disease education during hospital visits). Patients were followed up and their blood sugar levels (BSLs), HbA1c levels, journal maintenance, number of ER visits, number of Self-Monitored Blood Glucose (SMBG) levels, and hypoglycemic episodes compared at baseline and after intervention. Results: HbA1c had a mean decrease of 2.13±1.89% in Group-A and a mean increase of 0.18±0.84% in Group-B (p-value |
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