The effect of educational intervention educational programs using WhatsApp on adherence to anti-diabetic drugs in primary health care units

2^nd Annual Congress on HEALTH & MEDICAL SCIENCE

May 12, 2023 | Webinar

Ibrahim El Bayoumy

Tanta University, Egypt

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Abstract :

Background: Low adherence to pharmacological therapy by patients with diabetes mellitus is frequent and represents a worldwide challenge. Introduction: This study examined the effect of an educational intervention program using WhatsApp_ messaging on medication adherence of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus Patients and methods: A randomized clinical trial was performed with 500 patients who had diabetes and who had enrolled in the 3 primary health care units (diabetes clinic) The patients were randomly assigned to either the intervention group (n = 250), which received usual care (multi-professional educational appointments according to each Unit schedule) plus 60 audio, image or text WhatsApp messages about health care promotion, with an emphasis on medication adherence,. The control group (n = 250) only received usual care. Medication adherence, as measured by the Morisky-Green Test, was compared through the chi-square test after 6 months Relative risk (RR) was used as a measure of effect size Results: After the follow-up period (6 months), 75% of the patients in the intervention group were adherent versus 51.3% in the control group (RR: 1.15, 95% confidence interval = 0.88-1.53, p = 0.05 Discussion: There was a clinically significant impact associated with increase in medication adherence to the control group Conclusion: Given the complexity of adherence to the use of antidiabetic and antihypertensive medications, educational interventions using WhatsApp could be useful as a reinforcement to increase adherence to medication. Keywords: Type 2 diabetes,health technology, health promotion, telemedicine Recent publications 1. Type 2 diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma: Case-control; hospital-based study published in Ciencia e Tecnica vitivinicola journal in Portugal, volume 35(no 1,year2020) (ISSN:0254-0223) 2. Herbal use and perceptions among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Kuwait Published in Journal of Diabetes Mellitus .2022,12,50- 62 3. Diabetic neuropathy:Patients’ experiences and perceptions: A Qualitative study in type2 diabetics published in Journal of Diabetes Metabolism .2022 Volume 13 issue 9:955

Biography :

Ibrahim El- Bayoumy holds a bachelor of medicine and surgery (Tanta Faculty of medicine-Egypt,1989), then he earned his master’s degree in public health, preventive and social medicine (Tanta Faculty of medicine-Egypt1996), and MD, PhD in public health, preventive and social medicine 2003 from Tanta faculty of medicine-Egypt and McGill faculty of medicine –Montreal -Canada in the division of clinical epidemiology in Royal Victoria hospital through double channel system as a scholarship from Ministry of education- Egypt. He is a Full professor of public health and community medicine at Tanta Faculty of Medicine-Egypt since November 2016. Now he is working in the Ministry of Health in Kuwait as a consultant in public health and preventive medicine.