[Effects of Web-based diabetic education in obese diabetic patients].
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2005-10-06
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of web based diabetic education on plasma glucose and serum lipids in obese people with diabetes METHOD A random allocation design with control and experimental groups being assessed pre and post intervention was used Eighteen patients were randomly allocated to an intervention group and 16 to a control group Participants were requested to input their blood glucose levels weekly for 3 months at http www biodang com by cellular phone or wire Internet The researcher sentoptimal recommendations to each patient weekly for 3 months using a short message service SMS of the cellular phone and wire Internet RESULTS Patients in the intervention group had a mean decrease of 1 2 in glycosylated haemoglobin HbA1c levels and those in the control group had no difference in HbA1c levels There was a significant mean change in 2 hour post prandial blood glucose 2HPPG for the intervention group with a mean change of 120 1 mg dl The mean change in the control group however was not significant CONCLUSION These findings indicate that this web based intervention using SMS of the cellular phone for 3 months improved HbA1c and 2HPPG but did not affect total cholesterol triglyceride and high density lipoprotein cholesterol in obese type 2 diabetic patient