Nancy Jacobson, Keli D Coleman, Steven J Weisman, Amy L Drendel
Video Education Intervention in the Emergency Department
The western journal of emergency medicine
addressing ongoing needs individuals diabetes particularly low middleincome countries like philippines requires focus regular followups healthcare teams adherence healthy behaviors effective patient education prevent longterm complications aim study ascertain impact comprehensive educational program living diabetes philippines prospective study convenience sample patients living diabetes attending cardiac rehabilitation outpatient diabetes clinic philippines received 12week education intervention participants completed surveys pre postintervention assessing diseaserelated knowledge health literacy dietary habits tobacco use physical activity measured steps taken per day using wearable devices selfreport minutes moderate vigorousintensity exercise per week satisfaction educational materials also evaluated survey composed likerttype scale openended questions descriptive statistics paired ttests chisquare used data analysis overall 184 individuals living diabetes type 2 mean age 544 124 32 female completed assessments significant improvement diseaserelated knowledge p 0001 daily steps measured wearable device selfreported minutes moderatevigorousintensity exercise p 0001 number fruit vegetable servings consumed per day p 0001 significant changes observed health literacy levels one participant stopped using tobacco posteducation educational materials highly satisfactory participants lack time family responsibilities poor internet access main barriers learning reported participants suggestions improve education provided included assessment information needs start education short summaries topics followups postintervention inviting family members sessions results study demonstrated positive effects comprehensive structured patient education intervention diseaserelated knowledge behaviour changes among people living type 2 diabetes philippines