Journal of Caring Sciences
JCS
Medical Sciences
http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCS
2251-9920
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gregorian
2016
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10.15171/jcs.2016.012
The impact of Multimedia Software Support on the Knowledge and
Self-Care Behaviors of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: a
Randomized Clinical Trial
General
Original Research
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.
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http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCS/Abstract/JCS_71_20160530114413
Moloud
Farmahini Farahani
Zahra
Purfarzad
Mojtaba
Ghorbani
Zohre
Ghamari Zare