Are Audiovisual Materials Superior to Printed Materials in Improving Awareness Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients?

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Completed

• Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus
• Interventions: Other: Audiovisual material "video"; Other: Printed material "brochure"

• Registration Number: NCT03544645
• Lead Sponsor: King Abdullah International Medical Research Center

Brief Summary

This research evaluates the effectiveness of video educations against patients fixed believes and knowledge that either not precise or overestimated, and compare with classic educational method such as Brochure. As many researches indicates the difficulties to initiate insulin therapy for type 2 diabetic patients due to overestimated barriers such as needle anxiety, feelings of guilt and failure, concerns about hypoglycemia, sense of loss of control over one's life and reduced quality of life. This research will introduce different educational tools to evaluate their effectiveness in breaking psychological insulin barriers.

Detailed Description

Introduction This research evaluates the effectiveness of video educations against patients fixed believes and knowledge that either not precise or overestimated, and compare with classic educational method such as Brochure. As many researches indicates the difficulties to initiate insulin therapy for type 2 diabetic patients due to overestimated barriers such as needle anxiety, feelings of guilt and failure, concerns about hypoglycemia, sense of loss of control over one's life and reduced quality of life. This research will introduce different educational tools to evaluate their effectiveness in breaking psychological insulin barriers.

Methodology It's a randomized controlled trial. Validated questionnaire (ITAS) was used to evaluate the psychological insulin barriers, video and Brochures were devolved as educational materials contain same contents and validated. Study conducted in King Abdulaziz city housing with total sample size of 126. They were divided into intervention group (video group) and controlled group (Brochure group). Both group filled the same questionnaire before the intervention. And then immediately after the intervention. Six weeks later, both groups filled the same questionnaire to measure the long-term effects.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-07-16
• Primary Completion: 2017-10-22
• Study Completion: 2018-03-28
• Study First Submitted: 2018-04-30
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-05-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-21
• Study First Posted: 2018-06-04
• Last Update Posted: 2018-06-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 126

Inclusion Criteria

1. Type 2 diabetic patients
2. Age group from 30 to 70 years
3. A1c = 8 mg/dL or above
4. Both genders

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant women
2. Blindness or profound vision loss
3. Severe mental problems e.g. Psychosis

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intervention group	Audiovisual material "video"	This group received an audiovisual material "video" as an educational material
control group	Printed material "brochure"	This group received a printed material "brochure" as an educational material

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
compare the impact of audiovisual educational materials verses printed educational materials	6 weeks	compare intervention versus control on type 2 diabetic patients' knowledge, attitude and practice towards insulin therapy by assessing the patients before, directly after and 6 weeks after the intervention using a validated questionnaire (ITAS) to evaluate the psychological insulin barriers, both intervention and control were devolved as educational materials contain same contents and validated

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; 🇸🇦 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia