Effect of Educational Guidelines on Diabetic Patients' Knowledge, Attitude, and Self-Efficacy Regarding Use of Artificial Pancreas

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Educational guidelines, diabetes mellitus, knowledge, attitude, self-efficacy, artificial pancreas

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Effect of Educational Guidelines on Diabetic Patients’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Self-Efficacy Regarding Use of Artificial Pancreas. (2024). Evidence-Based Nursing Research, 6(3), 32-40. https://doi.org/10.47104/ebnrojs3.v6i3.338

Abstract

Context: Artificial pancreas has a beneficial effect on controlling blood glucose levels. Nurses play a crucial role in helping diabetic patients through educational guidelines that increase their knowledge and improve their attitude and self-efficacy regarding the use of artificial pancreas as a new technology to help continuously control blood glucose levels.

Aim: to evaluate the effect of educational guidelines on diabetic patients' knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy regarding using artificial pancreas.

Methods: A quasi-experimental study design (pre/post-test) was used to achieve the aim of this study. The study was conducted in the medical department and outpatient medical clinic at Benha University Hospital. A purposive sample of 100 adult patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus were admitted to the mentioned setting during the study period. Three tools were used. Patients' Assessment Questionnaire comprises two parts: Patients' personal data and health history of the disease and patients' knowledge assessment. Patients' attitude Rating Scale regarding the use of the artificial pancreas, and Self-Efficacy Scale.

Results: The result reported a significant difference in the satisfactory knowledge level of patients from 15% pre-educational guidelines to 57% post-educational guidelines. Significant differences in the total level of positive attitude increased from 22.0% pre-educational guidelines to 63.0% post-guidelines, and significant differences between the mean self-efficacy scores of the studied patients regarding their perception and confidence in the ability to use the artificial pancreas as it increased from 1.8±0.7 pre to 3.1±0.4 post the educational guidelines implementation.

Conclusion: Educational guidelines have a positive effect on improving diabetic patients' knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy regarding the use of artificial pancreas. The study recommends implementing ongoing educational programs and workshops for diabetic patients on artificial pancreas. 

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