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An evaluation of Web‐based education as an alternative to group lectures for diabetes self‐management
Author(s) -
Song Misoon,
Choe MyoungAe,
Kim Keum Soon,
Yi Myung Sun,
Lee Insook,
Kim Jeongeun,
Lee Mira,
Cho Young Min,
Shim Young Suk
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00458.x
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , medicine , psychological intervention , diabetes management , type 2 diabetes , family medicine , web application , gerontology , nursing , endocrinology , world wide web , computer science
This study evaluated the efficacy of Web‐based diabetes self‐management education for newly diagnosed patients with type II diabetes as an alternative to group lectures. Using a non‐equivalent control group, pretest‐post‐test design, the participants in the Web group ( n = 15) took part in a Web‐based diabetes self‐management program, while those in the lecture group ( n = 16) attended 3 h of group lectures provided by health‐care professionals specializing in diabetes care. The outcome variables were measured at the baseline (T0), and 6 weeks (T1) and 3 months (T2) after the interventions. The glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) percentage and diabetes care knowledge in the Web group improved significantly from T0 to T1, while the diabetes care behavior improved significantly from T0 to T1 and from T1 to T2. The diabetes care knowledge and diabetes care behavior in the lecture group improved significantly from T0 to T1, but the HbA1c percentage did not change significantly between any times. These results show the potential of the Web‐based program as an alternative to group lectures for diabetes self‐management education.