Diabetes
Conditions
Keywords
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM), Patient Education, Empowerment, Health Literacy, Application, Diabetes
Brief summary
This phase study will use a randomized trial method to evaluate the performance of the ECAM educational app in the promotion of CAM health literacy and communication among patients with diabetes.
Detailed description
The objectives of this phase study are to (1) implement the ECAM educational app to empower patients with diabetes in their management of diabetes alongside CAM use; (2) examine the impact of the ECAM educational app on patient empowerment, CAM health literacy, risk management of CAM use, CAM communication and diabetes quality of life in patients with diabetes; and (3) collect feedback from both patients and nurses on how to improve the ECAM educational app for dissemination and implementation.
Interventions
OTHERExperimental: Empowerment Application for CAM Health Education
Using empowerment software application for complementary and alternative therapy education, explaining the risk factors that need to be considered, and teaching the use of assistive tool of the empowerment software application
OTHERWritten Paper for CAM Health Education
Using written paper for complementary and alternative therapy education and explaining the risk factors that need to be considered
Sponsors
National Science and Technology Council
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
The process of keeping the study group assignment hidden after the allocation to participant, care provider, investigator, outcomes assessor
Intervention model description
Randomized trail method
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* People over the age of 20 * diagnosis of diabetes at least 12 months before the interview; and * The use of CAM at least 3 months * Sufficient mental ability to understand the informed consent form and sign it.
Exclusion criteria
* Participants will be excluded by an assistant researcher if they serious physical condition and hard of hearing and seeing.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding the benefits-risks of complementary therapies (CTs) use scale Alternative Medicine (CAM) use questionnaire | Pre-test (baseline), 2, 3 months after intervention | Measure patients' understanding of benefit-risk management on CAM use，The lower the score, the poorer the understanding. |
| Quality of life questionnaire | Pre-test (baseline), 2, 3 months after intervention | assess patients' satisfaction with various aspects of life while managing diabetes. |
| Diabetes Empowerment scale | Pre-test (baseline), 2, 3 months after intervention | Measure patients' understanding of benefit-risk management on CAM use, the minimum and maximum values，and higher scores .The minimum is 10，maximum values is 40，The lower the score, the poorer the understanding. |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed