作为健康教育工具的WhatsApp在白白症的影响:干预性研究
Chetanna Chioma Anaje1, Chibuzo Ifeanyi Okpala1, Nkechi Anne Enechukwu1
1Dermatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Nigeria.
JMIR dermatology
|November 21, 2023
概括
实际上,WhatsApp有效地教育了白化症患者如何防晒,不论他们的健康素养如何,都提高了他们的知识. 这种数字健康干预措施对行为变化和一致的阳光安全实践有希望.
科学领域:
- 皮肤病学 皮肤病学
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 数字健康数字健康
背景情况:
- 眼皮性白化 (OCA) 是一种遗传性疾病,导致低颜色,增加皮肤癌的风险.
- 有效的健康教育对于管理OCA和预防并发症至关重要.
- 像WhatsApp这样的信息技术为数字健康教育干预提供了潜力.
研究的目的:
- 评估WhatsApp在向白化个体提供健康教育方面的有效性.
- 评估基于WhatsApp的4周健康教育计划对白化知识的影响.
主要方法:
- 一个干预性研究设计,利用WhatsApp小组进行4周的每周健康教育课程.
- 主题包括白化知识,防晒,防晒的使用和粉碎神话.
- 通过基于网络的问卷评估干预前后的知识;使用曼-惠特尼U和斯皮尔曼相关性测试分析数据.
主要成果:
- 在干预后,总体知识 (P=.01),防晒知识 (P=.01) 和防晒知识 (P<.01) 的统计学上显著增加.
- 干预后,整体知识分数增加了5.23%.
- 干预后,知识与年龄/教育水平之间的初始相关性消失了,这表明其广泛适用性.
结论:
- 对于白化症患者来说,WhatsApp是传统健康教育的有效替代品.
- 这项干预表明,无论参与者的健康素养水平如何,都取得了积极的结果.
- 这种数字化方法有可能促进行为变化和一致的防晒实践.
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