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Volume 3, Issue 2 (7-2016)                   J Prevent Med 2016, 3(2): 58-72 | Back to browse issues page

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Gharaati F, Aghamolaei T, Hassani L, Mohamadi R, Mohsseni S. The effect of educational intervention using mobile phone on self-care behaviors in patients with thalassemia major. J Prevent Med 2016; 3 (2) :58-72
URL: http://jpm.hums.ac.ir/article-1-176-en.html
The effect of educational intervention using mobile phone on self-care behaviors in patients with thalassemia major
Fatemeh Gharaati1 , Teamur Aghamolaei * 2, Laleh Hassani3 , Razieh Mohamadi4 , Shokrooallah Mohsseni5
1- MSc student of health education, Health School, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
2- , Professor of health education, Social Determinants in Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
3- Assistant Professor of health education, Social Determinants in Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
4- General Physician, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
5- Social Determinants in Health Promotion Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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Introduction: One way to improve the quality of life in patients with thalassemia major is empowering patients through self-care education to counter the effects and complications of the disease. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of educational intervention using mobile phone on self-care behaviors in patients with thalassemia major. Methods: The study population of this interventional study were patients with thalassemia major who referred to Hazrat Abolfazl (AS) hospital in Minab in the province of Hormozgan. In this study, 46 patients were assigned in the intervention group and 45 patients in the control group. Educational program consisted of thalassemia disease introduction, complications and self-care behaviors for thalassemia disease that were made during the six calls and lasted for a month. Also educational pamphlets were given to the patients. Data were collected before and two months after education by a questionnaire and analyzed by SPSS software version 22. Results: Before the intervention, the mean scores of knowledge, attitude and self-care behaviors in the intervention and control groups were not significantly different. After the intervention a significant increase in mean scores of knowledge, attitude and self-care behaviors observed in the intervention group (p<0.001), but no significant difference was observed in the control group. Conclusion: The results of this study indicated the positive effect of educational intervention through mobile phone on knowledge, attitude and improvement of self-care behaviors in patients with thalassemia major. Hence, mobile phone is recommended as a device for transmission of self-care educational materials to patients with thalassemia major, especially when access to them is limited.
Keywords: knowledge, attitude, self-care, thalassemia major, education, mobile phone.
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Type of Study: Orginal | Subject: Special
Received: 2016/04/23 | Accepted: 2016/06/14 | Published: 2016/06/14
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