An evaluation of Web-based education as an alternative to group lectures for diabetes self-management

  1. Misoon Song rn, phd1,*,
  2. Myoung-Ae Choe rn, phd1,
  3. Keum Soon Kim rn, phd1,
  4. Myung Sun Yi rn, dns1,
  5. Insook Lee rn, phd1,
  6. Jeongeun Kim rn, phd1,
  7. Mira Lee rn, phd2,
  8. Young Min Cho md, phd3,
  9. Young Suk Shim rn, msn, cnsd4

Article first published online: 23 JUN 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00458.x

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Nursing & Health Sciences

Nursing & Health Sciences

Volume 11, Issue 3, pages 277–284, September 2009

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Song, M., Choe, M.-A., Kim, K. S., Yi, M. S., Lee, I., Kim, J., Lee, M., Cho, Y. M. and Shim, Y. S. (2009), An evaluation of Web-based education as an alternative to group lectures for diabetes self-management. Nursing & Health Sciences, 11: 277–284. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00458.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    College of Nursing,

  2. 2

    Research Institute of Nursing Science,

  3. 3

    Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Seoul National University,

  4. 4

    Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea

*Misoon Song, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, 28 Yeongeon-Dong, Jongno-Gu, Seoul, Korea. Email: msong@snu.ac.kr

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 17 AUG 2009
  2. Article first published online: 23 JUN 2009
  3. Received 25 September 2008; accepted 15 March 2009

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Keywords:

  • diabetes care behavior;
  • diabetes care knowledge;
  • Web-based education

Abstract

This study evaluated the efficacy of Web-based diabetes self-management education for newly diagnosed patients with type II diabetes as an alternative to group lectures. Using a non-equivalent control group, pretest-post-test design, the participants in the Web group (n = 15) took part in a Web-based diabetes self-management program, while those in the lecture group (n = 16) attended 3 h of group lectures provided by health-care professionals specializing in diabetes care. The outcome variables were measured at the baseline (T0), and 6 weeks (T1) and 3 months (T2) after the interventions. The glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) percentage and diabetes care knowledge in the Web group improved significantly from T0 to T1, while the diabetes care behavior improved significantly from T0 to T1 and from T1 to T2. The diabetes care knowledge and diabetes care behavior in the lecture group improved significantly from T0 to T1, but the HbA1c percentage did not change significantly between any times. These results show the potential of the Web-based program as an alternative to group lectures for diabetes self-management education.

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