Teach-Back Educational Method On Diabetes Knowledge Level

Ataturk University130 enrolled

Overview

It was aimed to research the effect of teach-back educational method on diabetes knowledge level and clinical parameters in type 2 diabetes patients undergoing insulin therapy. This is a randomized-controlled trial. Teach-back method will used for intervention group, routin diabetes education will used for control group. The primary outcome is diabetes knowledge levels (DKL), and secondary outcome is clinical patameters (fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, blood pressure). DKL and clinical parameters will measured and compared between two groups before and three months after the interventions.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

130

Conditions

Patient Empowerment

Interventions

Teach-back educational methodBEHAVIORAL

In the teach-back method, after teaching new information to the patient, the patients were asked to explain that new information in their own words. Then the patients' knowledge and the adequateness of their explanations were determined. The patient should repeat the instructions in their own words. In this way, the healthcare professional can evaluate how the patient understands the information. If the patient repeated the information correctly, the teach-back phase for that information was completed, and progression for new information was resumed. However, if there was a deficiency or error in the information, it was corrected and repeated by the healthcare professional.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * To have Type 2 Diabetes * To be over 18 years old * Not have any barriers in understanding and speaking Turkish * Who started insulin treatment for the first time Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with a diagnosis of dementia * To have vision or hearing loss

Locations (1)

Ataturk University Hospital

Erzurum, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Diabetes knowledge level (DKL)

The DKL will be measured through a self-structured questionnaire containing 11 items. The questionnaire contains three answers: "yes," "no," or "I do not know." The right answer will be accepted as two points, the wrong answer as zero points, and the "I do not know" answer will be accepted as one point. The total scores ranges from 0-22. Higher scores of the questionnaire indicates that the higher DKL.

Time frame: 3 months

Secondary Outcomes

Fasting blood glucose

Fasting blood glucose in mg/dl

Time frame: 3 months

HbA1c

HbA1c in %

Time frame: 3 months

Blood pressure

Blood pressure in mmHG

Time frame: 3 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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