E-health education intervention to increase dietary adherence among diabetic ulcer patients
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https://doi.org/10.33024/minh.v7i1.243Keywords:
Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetic Ulcer, Education, E-Health EducationAbstract
Background: Preventing complications of diabetes mellitus requires medical treatment and education. Diabetic ulcer is one of the complications of diabetes mellitus due to traumatized nephropathy. E-health education innovation makes it easy for patients to access education on how to prevent complications from diabetes mellitus.
Purpose: Analyzing the effect of e-health education of diabetes mellitus based on the QR model website as a means of dietary compliance in grade 2 diabetic ulcer patients.
Method: Employing true experimental pre-test post-test design with control group design. It involved 30 participants who were divided into 2 groups through simple random sampling. Saphiro-Wilk was used for data normality test and Man-Whitney was used for hypothesis testing with score difference test. This research was conducted at the Anak Lanang Wound Care Center Clinic, Semarang.
Results: There was an increase in scores on dietary adherence between groups (64.13±2.82 vs 59.07±2.91). Both groups experienced an increase in scores, but the increase was greater in the intervention group given e-health education of diabetes mellitus compared to the control group given the Booklet.
Conclusion: There is an effect of e-health education of diabetes mellitus on the level of dietary compliance in grade 2 diabetic ulcer patients.
Suggestion: Future researchers are expected to develop database instrumentation and educational content for patients with diabetes mellitus.
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