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Social Media-Delivered Patient Education in Enhancing Type 2 Diabetics Self-Management and Attitudes During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Randomized Controlled Trial in Taiwan
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating TMU-LOVE for Type 2 Diabetes. Completed, enrolled 181 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The current study was to develop a software "Line@" based health education program, providing video-based health information and communication between diabetes patients and health-care professionals. This study also evaluated its effectiveness on improving glycemic control, attitude towards diabetes, knowledge about diabetes and self-care for type 2 diabetes patients in Taiwan. The followings were the hypotheses of the study: 1. Compared to the control group, intervention group receiving "Line" based video education has a greater improvement on glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C). 2. Compared to the control group, intervention group receiving "Line" based video education has a greater positive effect on attitude towards diabetes. 3. Compared to the control group, intervention group receiving "Line" based video education has a better understanding on diabetic knowledge. 4. Compared to the control group, intervention group receiving "Line" based video education has a greater positive effect on self-care activity.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Patients in intervention group could attend diabetes-related health educational video through the TMU-LOVE platform. Researcher would also send 2-3 videos per week with care massage every 2 weeks to the patients.