Impact of distance education via mobile phone text messaging on knowledge, attitude, practice and self efficacy of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Iran

Journal of Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders

Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi¹  Bahman Saedipoor²  Alireza Rabi³  Issa Ebrahimzadeh²  Mandana Goodarzi² 

[1] Biostatistics, Medical Education Research Center, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran;Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran;Graduate School of Management, Farabi Institute of Higher Education, Karaj, Iran

关键词: Self efficacy;    Practice;    Attitude;    Knowledge;    Distance education;   

Others  :  807259
DOI  :  10.1186/2251-6581-11-10

 received in 2012-08-06, accepted in 2012-08-06,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Objective

To evaluate the impacts of using SMS on improving laboratory test levels and Knowledge, Attitude, Practice (KAP) and Self Efficacy (SE) of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) in Iran.

Materials and methods

In this randomized controlled trial study, a total of 81 type 2 diabetes patients were randomly assigned into two groups exp. group (n = 43) and cont. group (n = 38). Only exp. group received 4 messages weekly consisted of diet, exercise, medication taking and. The researchers provided the intervention for 12 weeks. Data were collected with results of laboratory tests and KAP, SE reliable and valid questionnaires and demographic characteristics list. Data gathering at the baseline of the study and after 3 months intervention and was analyzed by SPSS11.5 software using descriptive and inferential statistics methods.

Results

The results of this study showed that exp. group compared with cont. group improved significantly in HbA₁C (p = 0.024), LDL (p = 0.019), cholesterol (p = 0.002), BUN (p ≤ 0.001), micro albumin (p ≤ 0.001), knowledge (p ≤ 0.001), practice (p ≤ 0.001) and self efficacy (p ≤ 0.001).

Conclusion

The finding of this study demonstrate the effectiveness of intervention using SMS via mobile phone in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM). Thus, further studies are recommended for wide usage of distance education with mobile phone utilization.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Goodarzi et al.; licensee Biomed Central Ltd.

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