Effectiveness of Tele-Nursing-Based Self-Management Program on Health Behaviors of patients with type 2 diabetes at Urban Community Health Center, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University

Abstract

This research is a quasi-experimental research with two groups of pre- test and post-test measurements. The objectives are to study 1. The effectiveness of the telenursing self-management program on health behaviors of type 2 diabetes patients at the Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University Urban Community Health Center and 2. The level of satisfaction with the telenursing self-management program of type 2 diabetes patients. The sample consists of 23 type 2 diabetes patients. The research instruments are health behavior questionnaires. The statistics used are percentage, mean, standard deviation, Wilcoxon signed rank test

The research results found that

1. The experimental group of type 2 diabetic patients who received the self-management program via telenursing had health behaviors and blood sugar levels after the experiment, which were significantly better than before the experiment (p<.001). The mean scores of health behaviors and blood sugar levels after the experiment of the experimental group were significantly better than the control group (p<.001).

2. Type 2 diabetic patients in the experimental group who received the telenursing self-management program had a high level of overall satisfaction with the telenursing self-management program (  = 4.69). When considering each aspect separately, it was found that nursing had the highest level of satisfaction (  = 4.74), followed by knowledge about health care (  = 4.69), knowledge about treatment of type 2 diabetes and hypertension (  = 4.65), communication via LINE (  = 4.65).The telenursing self-management program encouraged patients to have good health behaviors. When followed, it can effectively and efficiently reduce accumulated blood sugar levels.