Effectiveness of Telehealth Program in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes

Treatments: Other: CE; Other: TE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05202470

Mugla Sıtkı Kocman

Details and patient eligibility

About

Diabetes education is of great importance in the effective management of diabetes. Studies have shown that patients given diabetes education have positive developments in their ability to manage the disease and their attitudes towards the disease. The aim of the study is to compare the education given to individuals with Type 2 diabetes via mobile phone and the education given to individuals via brochures with conventional methods.

Full description

The use of telehealth technologies in the field of health is becoming more and more widespread. Telehealth has become one of the frequently used options in the follow-up process of chronic diseases such as diabetes, especially in recent years. Diabetes education is of great importance in the effective management of diabetes. Studies have shown that patients given diabetes education have positive developments in their ability to manage the disease and their attitudes towards the disease. The aim of the study is to compare the education given to individuals with Type 2 diabetes via mobile phone and the education given to individuals via brochures with conventional methods.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus for at least 6 months,
• Those between the ages of 18-65,
• Receiving oral antidiabetic and/or insulin therapy,
• Having a mobile phone capable of receiving and playing video messages,
• Does not have hearing, speech and psychiatric problems that prevent communication,

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals who do not volunteered to participate in the study
• Patients who have hearing, speech and psychiatric problems that prevent communication

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Telehealth Education (TE)

Experimental group

Description:

After the first meeting, diabetes education videos prepared in two parts a week will be sent to the mobile phones of the individuals. The video submission will be completed in a total of four weeks.

Treatment:

Other: TE

Conventional Education (CE)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Paper-based education forms will be given to the patients in the first group. Face-to-face conventional diabetes education will be carried out.

Treatment:

Other: CE