A Mobile App for Diabetes Management: Impact on Self-Efficacy Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes at a Community Hospital

16 November 2020 : Clinical Research

Yangkui Zhai^1ABEG*, Wenjuan Yu^2EF

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.926719

Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e926719

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Table 3 Diabetes self-efficacy score of 6 Diabetes Self-Efficacy Scale (DSES) dimensions.

DSES dimensions	Group	Baseline	After prevention
DSES dimensions	Group	Baseline	Third month	Sixth month
Self-efficiency on diet	App	12.01±3.55	13.33±2.6	13.41±3.15^*
Self-efficiency on diet	Control	12.04±4.12	11.33±2.14	10.56±3.41
Medication	App	22.59±2.33	23.88±3.09	24.51±2.87^*
Medication	Control	22.51±2.41	22.64±2.43	22.87±2.36
Blood sugar monitoring	App	12.11±3.01	13.12±2.68	14.01±3.24^*
Blood sugar monitoring	Control	11.09±2.32	11.27±2.42	12.06±3.09
Regular exercise	App	12.41±3.89	13.66±3.25	14.11±3.67^*
Regular exercise	Control	13.59±4.01	12.74±3.92	13.62±3.46
Foot care	App	15.21±2.11	20.66±2.08^#	22.26±2.57^*
Foot care	Control	15.99±2.01	19.70±1.12^#	21.61±2.11^#
Management of high and low blood glucose	App	14.31±0.98	21.66±1.25^#	24.11±2.67^*
Management of high and low blood glucose	Control	14.04±1.09	16.24±1.02^#	17.62±1.46^#
^* Compared with the control group, ^# compared with the baseline,

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