Diabetes Mellitus
Conditions
Keywords
Diabetic Education, audiovisual material, Manual material
Brief summary
This research evaluates the effectiveness of video educations against patients fixed believes and knowledge that either not precise or overestimated, and compare with classic educational method such as Brochure. As many researches indicates the difficulties to initiate insulin therapy for type 2 diabetic patients due to overestimated barriers such as needle anxiety, feelings of guilt and failure, concerns about hypoglycemia, sense of loss of control over one's life and reduced quality of life. This research will introduce different educational tools to evaluate their effectiveness in breaking psychological insulin barriers.
Detailed description
Introduction This research evaluates the effectiveness of video educations against patients fixed believes and knowledge that either not precise or overestimated, and compare with classic educational method such as Brochure. As many researches indicates the difficulties to initiate insulin therapy for type 2 diabetic patients due to overestimated barriers such as needle anxiety, feelings of guilt and failure, concerns about hypoglycemia, sense of loss of control over one's life and reduced quality of life. This research will introduce different educational tools to evaluate their effectiveness in breaking psychological insulin barriers. Methodology It's a randomized controlled trial. Validated questionnaire (ITAS) was used to evaluate the psychological insulin barriers, video and Brochures were devolved as educational materials contain same contents and validated. Study conducted in King Abdulaziz city housing with total sample size of 126. They were divided into intervention group (video group) and controlled group (Brochure group). Both group filled the same questionnaire before the intervention. And then immediately after the intervention. Six weeks later, both groups filled the same questionnaire to measure the long-term effects.
Interventions
OTHERAudiovisual material video
an educational video which has content of knowledge, attitude, behavior, and barriers towards insulin therapy.
OTHERPrinted material brochure
an educational brochure which has content of knowledge, attitude, behavior, and barriers towards insulin theray.
Sponsors
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
30 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. Type 2 diabetic patients 2. Age group from 30 to 70 years 3. A1c = 8 mg/dL or above 4. Both genders
Exclusion criteria
1. Pregnant women 2. Blindness or profound vision loss 3. Severe mental problems e.g. Psychosis
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| compare the impact of audiovisual educational materials verses printed educational materials | 6 weeks | compare intervention versus control on type 2 diabetic patients' knowledge, attitude and practice towards insulin therapy by assessing the patients before, directly after and 6 weeks after the intervention using a validated questionnaire (ITAS) to evaluate the psychological insulin barriers, both intervention and control were devolved as educational materials contain same contents and validated |
Countries
Saudi Arabia
Outcome results
None listed