The effect of telenursing training based on family-centered empowerment pattern on compliance with diet regimen in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2: a randomized clinical trial

• Published in: BMC endocrine disorders Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 36
• Main Authors: Shahabi, Negar, Kolivand, Mitra, Salari, Nader, Abbasi, Parvin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 09-02-2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Adaptability; Adult; Alzheimer's disease; Clinical trials; Compliance; Complications and side effects; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - diet therapy; Diabetes therapy; Diabetes type 2; Diabetic retinopathy; Diabetics; Diet; Diet therapy; Empowerment; Family; Family-centered empowerment pattern; Female; Food and nutrition; Health Education; Hospitals; Humans; Iran; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Patient Compliance; Patients; Population studies; Power, Psychological; Product development; Questionnaires; Randomized clinical trial; Reducing diets; Telemedicine; Telenursing; Training; Iran; Family-centered empowerment pattern; Telenursing; Randomized clinical trial; Compliance; Diabetes type 2
• ISSN: 1472-6823; 1472-6823
• DOI: 10.1186/s12902-022-00953-4

Telenursing facilitates access to efficient care and acceptance and compliance with treatment at home. Given wide complications of lack of compliance with treatment in causing complications and progression of diabetes and role of the family in attending the patient, this study aimed to investigate the effect of telenursing training based on family-centered empowerment pattern on compliance with diet regimen in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2.
This was a randomized controlled clinical trial. The study population was patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 referred to Alzhara hospital at Gilan Gharb in 2019, of which 60 individuals out of them were classified randomly into two groups of intervention and control. Eight 30-min sessions of family-centered training were held through telenursing for the intervention group. Data were gathered before and after the intervention by standard questionnaire of Mudanlo in both groups and was analyzed using SPSS software version 22.
There was no significant difference among the two intervention and control groups before the study regarding demographic variables (p > 0.05). The scores of subscales of making effort for treatment, intention to take the treatment, adaptability, integrating illness into life, stick to the treatment, indecisiveness for applying treatment, and total score of compliance were significantly increased after training intervention (p = 0.001).
Results of the study indicates positive effects of performing family-centered empowerment pattern using telephone call follow-up on increasing compliance with diet regimen in patients. Therefore, it is recommended to perform family-centered patterns in health policy-makings and also hospitals and other diabetic patients.