Effectiveness of a Technology-Based Strategy on Adolescents’ Knowledge on Diabetes Mellitus

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.068How to use a DOI?

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effectiveness, technology-based strategy, blog site, diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Background: The international diabetes federation (IDF, 2015) reveals that 415 million people in the world suffer from diabetes mellitus. IDF further reports that about 542,000 adolescents worldwide with T1DM. In the Philippines, 3.5 million cases of DM have been reported in 2015. The incidence of diabetes mellitus on adolescent age is increasing in this generation that necessitates the dissemination of information about promoting health and prevention of diseases. This research determined the effectiveness of a technology-based strategy (TBS) on the knowledge of adolescents about diabetes mellitus (DM). The method of this research was a quasiexperimental design, the experimental group (153) was exposed to a TBS or the blog site and a control group (200) which was provided with the Department of Health’s brochure (DOH). The blog site contained information about DM. The printed brochure from the DOH is entitled “Living with Diabetes” contains information about DM too. A modified questionnaire with a CVI=0.71, was utilized to gather data from grade 11 students from 10 sections of the University of the Cordilleras, Baguio City. The respondents are 15-18 years old who voluntarily participated in the study selected through random sampling. Frequency, percentage, and t-test were used in the analysis of data. The result showed that the experimental group shows an increase in knowledge after using the intervention which is the blog site from a general mean score of 2.50 interpreted as Limited Knowledge (LK) in the pretest to 3.30 interpreted as Much Knowledge (MK) in the post test. There is no significant difference in the effectiveness of TBS in the knowledge of adolescents on DM according to length of access with a t-test value 0.46, while there is a significant difference in the effectiveness of TBS in the knowledge of adolescents according to groups where t-test value is 2.57 at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion, the use of technologybased strategy or blog site is effective in increasing the knowledge of the adolescent regarding DM in terms of nature, etiology, signs and symptoms, management, and prevention and it is more effective than the use of brochure.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - John Deo Dalleg
AU  - John Barry Echipare
AU  - Regine Flores
AU  - Iris Alba
AU  - Sonia Marie Balanay
AU  - Jemalene Muclo
AU  - Jasmin Faye Balcanao
AU  - Krezzel Anne Sungaben
AU  - Jasper Nazarene Barao
AU  - Joyce Kiat-ong
AU  - Norenia Dao-ayen
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/10
TI  - Effectiveness of a Technology-Based Strategy on Adolescents’ Knowledge on Diabetes Mellitus
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 324
EP  - 332
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.068
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.068
ID  - Dalleg2020
ER  -