Rih-Sheng Jian, Lung-Yu Sung, Chia-Jung Lu
Measuring real-time concentration trends of individual VOC in an elementary school using a sub-ppb detection μGC and a single GC-MS analysis
Chemosphere
social media effectively mediate digital health interventions thus overcome barriers associated facetoface interaction assess impact patientcentered diabetes education program administered whatsapp glycosylated hemoglobin hba1c values assess correlation health literacy numeracy intervention outcomes intervention phase spread six months target diabetic patients n109 received structured education whatsapp per american association diabetes educators selfcare behaviors recommendations control group equal number participants received usual care provided health professionals void social media intervention changes hba1c levels recorded thrice baseline 3 6 months test group twice baseline 6 months control group change hba1c values compared statistical significance defined p005 baseline health literacy diabetes numeracy assessed groups n218 using literacy assessment diabetes lad diabetes numeracy test dnt respectively values correlated hba1c change p005 participants satisfaction intervention also assessed average age respondents 4198 sd 1505 years diabetes history 102 sd 85 years baseline average hba1c control test groups 84 sd 106 85 sd 129 respectively six months significant drop hba1c value noticed intervention group 77 sd 135 p 0001 significance control group 84 sd 132 p0032 paired ttest moreover reduction hba1c test group 07 control group 01 difference 06 considered clinically significant significant correlation lad score hba1c baseline r0203 p0064 3 months r0123 p0266 6 months r0106 p 0337 pearson correlation similar result observed dnt dnt score hba1c baseline 3 months 6 months showed correlation r0112 0959 0886 respectively hba1c levels eighty percent respondents found social media intervention beneficial suggested used long term diabetes education via whatsapp showed promising outcomes regardless level patients health literacy numeracy