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Effect of an app on students' knowledge about diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic
Francisca Diana da Silva Negreiros1, Amanda Caboclo Flor1, Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari2,3
1Universidade Federal do Ceará, Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil.
Objective:
to analyze the effect of an app on Nursing students' knowledge about diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as their self-assessment and satisfaction level.
Method:
a quasi-experimental study carried out with 40 Nursing students from the Brazilian Northeast region. The E-MunDiabetes® app was used to assess the participants' knowledge at the pre-test, immediate post-test and after 15 days, as well as their self-assessment and satisfaction level in relation to using the app. The analysis was performed by means of descriptive and inferential statistics (binomial test, Intraclass Correlation Coefficient and Wilcoxon's test).
Results:
the comparison of the medians of correct answers in the three periods revealed a significant increase in the post-test. The self-assessment and satisfaction items presented an Agreement Index > 80%, with a total Agreement Index of 96.3% and an Intraclass Correlation Coefficient of 0.91.
Conclusion:
the app was considered satisfactory and promoted a significant increase in the students' knowledge, therefore being suitable for its intended use.
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