[Effects of Web-based health education on blood glucose and blood pressure improvement in postmenopausal women with impaired fasting blood glucose].
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2011-12-06
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an educational intervention that used both cellular phones and the Internet to provide a short messaging service SMS relating to blood glucose blood pressure and serum lipid levels in postmenopausal women with impaired fasting glucose IFG METHODS Twenty eight postmenopausal women were assigned to an intervention group and twenty one postmenopausal women to a control group The intervention was provided for 12 weeks Patients in the intervention group were asked to access a web site by using a cellular phone or to use the Internet directly and input their blood glucose and blood pressure levels weekly Participants were sent the optimal recommendations weekly by both cellular phone and Internet RESULTS The intervention group had a mean decrease in systolic blood pressure SBP level of 8 1 mmHg but changes for the control group were not significant There was a significant mean change in diastolic blood pressure DBP level for the intervention group 7 7 mmHg The mean change in the control group was not significant CONCLUSION This educational intervention using the Internet and a SMS by cellular phone improved levels of SBP and DBP in postmenopausal women with IFG