The effectiveness of the telehomecare for self-care behaviors of patients with diabetes in Taiwan: A consecutive observational study

Influence of Health Education on Podiatric Knowledge, Self-care, and Conditions in Adults With Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review

“…Of the 13 studies included, four were RCTs, [9][10][11][12][13] and nine were quasi-experimental studies. [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] Tables 2 and 3 and Table 1 adult AND "health education" AND "Diabetic foot" -(adult AND "health education" AND (diabetes OR "Diabetes mellitus") AND (Complication* OR disease OR injur*) AND (foot OR feet)) OR (adult AND "health education" AND "Diabetic foot")…”

“…Of the 13 studies included, four were RCTs, 9–13 and nine were quasi-experimental studies 14–21 Tables 2. and 3 and Figure 2 show the risk of bias.…”

“…[10][11][12][13]15,[17][18][19][20] Other studies did not report improved foot care. 9,14,16,21 The effectiveness of the different interventions was measured with different scales, so they are not comparable. Nepper et al, 16 2019 18…”

“…Intervention groups were compared with control groups except in the studies carried out by Baba et al 21 and Li et al, 13 in which two different interventions were compared. Different outcomes were evaluated in each study: podiatric knowledge, 10,11,17,20 foot self-care, [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] and foot problems. 15,21 Foot self-care was evaluated in all 13 studies.…”

“…15,21 Foot self-care was evaluated in all 13 studies. Nine types of education had a positive effect on foot self-care: -Foot care principles program 19 -Diabetes conversation maps-based education 13 -Educational nursing intervention 18 -Group education 20 -Education intervention based on short message services 17 -Theory-based foot care education program 15 -Foot care education module 11 -Health education program on foot self-care behavior 10 -Intervention versus regular education program 9 Four types of education intervention did not show a positive effect on foot self-care: -Written education 21 -Home telecare intervention program 14 -Educational text messages 16 -Patient-to-patient education 9 Podiatric knowledge was evaluated in four studies; all interventions demonstrated a positive effect: -Health education program on foot self-care behavior 10 -Foot care education 11 -Education intervention based on short message services 17 -Group education 20 Only two studies evaluated the effect of educational intervention on podiatric problems. Both showed decreased incidence of minor foot problems (ie, dry skin, corns, and calluses): -Theory-based foot care educational intervention program 12 -Written education 18 A summary of the data extracted from each study is shown in Supplemental Table 2 (http://links.lww.com/ NSW/A117).…”