Empowerment-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (ECAM)

Chang Gung University of Science and Technology88 enrolled

Overview

This phase study will use a randomized trial method to evaluate the performance of the ECAM educational app in the promotion of CAM health literacy and communication among patients with diabetes.

The objectives of this phase study are to (1) implement the ECAM educational app to empower patients with diabetes in their management of diabetes alongside CAM use; (2) examine the impact of the ECAM educational app on patient empowerment, CAM health literacy, risk management of CAM use, CAM communication and diabetes quality of life in patients with diabetes; and (3) collect feedback from both patients and nurses on how to improve the ECAM educational app for dissemination and implementation.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Diabetes

Interventions

Experimental: Empowerment Application for CAM Health EducationOTHER

Using empowerment software application for complementary and alternative therapy education, explaining the risk factors that need to be considered, and teaching the use of assistive tool of the empowerment software application

Written Paper for CAM Health EducationOTHER

Using written paper for complementary and alternative therapy education and explaining the risk factors that need to be considered

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 90 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * People over the age of 20 * diagnosis of diabetes at least 12 months before the interview; and * The use of CAM at least 3 months * Sufficient mental ability to understand the informed consent form and sign it. Exclusion Criteria: * Participants will be excluded by an assistant researcher if they serious physical condition and hard of hearing and seeing.

Locations (1)

CHENG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Linkou

Taoyuan City, Guishan District, Taiwan

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Understanding the benefits-risks of complementary therapies (CTs) use scale Alternative Medicine (CAM) use questionnaire

Measure patients' understanding of benefit-risk management on CAM use，The lower the score, the poorer the understanding.

Time frame: Pre-test (baseline), 2, 3 months after intervention

Quality of life questionnaire

assess patients' satisfaction with various aspects of life while managing diabetes.

Time frame: Pre-test (baseline), 2, 3 months after intervention

Diabetes Empowerment scale

Measure patients' understanding of benefit-risk management on CAM use, the minimum and maximum values，and higher scores .The minimum is 10，maximum values is 40，The lower the score, the poorer the understanding.

Time frame: Pre-test (baseline), 2, 3 months after intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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