Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences and Technologies, University of Brasília, Campus Universitario Ceilândia, Brasília 72220-275, Brazil.
Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Brasília 70910-900, Brazil.
Nutrients. 2024 Oct 3;16(19):3360. doi: 10.3390/nu16193360.
Digital educational technologies in health have been an important instrument for promoting learning, self-care, self-esteem, and security regarding prevention and health promotion actions that lead to changes in behavior, mainly for non-communicable disease patients, such as type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM 2).
This study aimed to describe a protocol for evaluating the effect of an app for cell phones and tablets on the blood glucose of older adults with DM 2.
The protocol will be used to compare the effectiveness of an application for mobile devices concerning the educational booklet in reducing Glycated Hemoglobin in older adults with DM 2 in Primary Health Care. This protocol is part of a Randomized Clinical Trial project entitled Effectiveness of a Mobile Device Application on Glycated Hemoglobin in Elderly People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a Randomized Clinical Trial.
The protocol was structured in the following phases: (i) sample calculation, (ii) invitation to participate in the study according to the eligibility criteria; (iii) participant registration; (iv) randomization and allocation of participants into groups (double blinding); (v) application of the intervention; (vi) post-intervention procedures (post-test); (vii) data analysis.
It is expected that encouraging studies on the impact of a mobile application will improve and enhance health education focused on self-care for older adults with DM 2, potentially influencing the local health system by reducing hospitalizations due to conditions that are sensitive to primary care, since health promotion and prevention of DM-related illnesses will be the main focus of the application and booklet developed.
数字健康教育技术一直是促进学习、自我保健、自尊和预防与健康促进行动安全的重要手段，这些行动可导致行为改变，主要针对 2 型糖尿病等非传染性疾病患者。
本研究旨在描述一种评估手机和平板电脑应用程序对 2 型糖尿病老年患者血糖影响的方案。
该方案将用于比较移动设备应用程序与教育手册在降低初级保健中老年 2 型糖尿病患者糖化血红蛋白方面的有效性。本方案是题为“移动设备应用程序对老年人 2 型糖尿病患者糖化血红蛋白的影响：随机临床试验”的随机临床试验项目的一部分。
方案分为以下阶段：（i）样本计算；（ii）根据纳入标准邀请参与研究；（iii）参与者注册；（iv）随机分组和参与者分配（双盲）；（v）干预措施的应用；（vi）干预后程序（后测）；（vii）数据分析。
预计鼓励关于移动应用程序影响的研究将改善和加强针对 2 型糖尿病老年患者自我保健的健康教育，通过减少因初级保健敏感的病情而住院的可能性，对当地卫生系统产生影响，因为应用程序和手册的开发将主要关注促进健康和预防与糖尿病相关的疾病。
