:: Volume 6, Issue 22 (Autumn 2011) ::
IJNR 2011, 6(22): 73-80 Back to browse issues page
Effective of electronic education on knowledge attitude and self-care in patient’s diabetic type 2 refer to diabetic center of Kerman University of medical science
Esmat Nouhi * , Maryam Khandan , Ali Mirzadeh
kerman faculty of nursing , smnouhi@yahoo.com
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Introduction: Diabetes disease due to a long process, patient participation in the care of their demands. The increase of prevalence and side effects, shows that the traditional education done, not enough. Electronic education the possibility for patients to a new type of communication, care, education and patient as pivotal experience. This is a quasi-experimental design that with the goal of determining effect of electronic education of self care on type 2 diabetic patients refer to diabetic center of Kerman university of medical science in the year 1387 has been done. Methods: 170 type 2 diabetic patients with simple method of choosing a random and then the two groups and 84 and 86 patients in the control and intervention group were divided. For control group, rooting education and for intervention group electronic education for three months was trained. Before and after the intervention on research society, information related by questionnaire is collected and blood samples to fasting blood sugar and HbA1c measurements. Results: The mean and Standard Deviation knowledge, attitude and practice of the intervention group before education 19.3±2.4, 21.4±3.9, 24.1±7.1 and after education 20.6±5.5, 22.8±6.9, 32.2±6.5, that was just in intervention group is significant difference (P<0.05). The mean and Standard Deviation fasting blood sugar and HbA1c in the intervention group before education 223.8±77.2 mg/dl, 9.5±1.9 percent and after education 167.5±55.2 mg/dl, 8.4±1.6 percent, and only in the intervention group is significant difference (P<0.01). Conclusion: Electronic education improve the self care of type 2 diabetic patients in the intervention group after education, That has caused improve the mean fasting blood sugar and HbA1c. According to the benefits of electronic education, using and planning of this method is recommended.
Keywords: Electronic education, self-care, patient’s diabetic type 2
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Type of Study: Nursing Education | Subject: nursing
Received: 2011/10/12 | Published: 2011/10/15


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