Effect of Multimedia Messaging Service on Exercise Self-efficacy in Diabetic Patients

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ID15330254
AuthorsMohammad S Alyahya (0000-0003-2345-4892, Mohammad S. Alyahya, Associate Professor, Department of Health Management and Policy, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan;, Email: [email protected], corresponding author), Nihaya Al-Sheyab (0000-0002-6106-1099, Jordan University of Science and Technology), Nihaya A Al-Sheyab (Jordan University of Science and Technology), Jumana A Alqudah (0009-0003-9987-8795, Jordan University of Science and Technology), Othman Beni Younis (Jordan University of Science and Technology), Yousef Khader (0000-0002-7830-6857, Jordan University of Science and Technology), Yousef S Khader (Jordan University of Science and Technology)
Year2021
Volume45
Issue5
Pages902-915
Publication date2021-09-30
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Health Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-3244 • E-ISSN: 1945-7359
PublisherPNG Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5993/ajhb.45.5.10
PMID34702437
OpenAlexW3210108158
LanguageEN
References cited38

Objectives: To increase patients' self-efficacy for initiation of physical activity, there is a need to include physical activity into patient education in clinic settings. In this study, we aimed to assess the effectiveness of multimedia messaging service (MMS) education on exercise self-efficacy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods: We used a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design to study 98 patients with T2DM. The intervention group received MMS education targeting exercise self-efficacy for 2 months, and the control group received routine care only. Patients in both groups completed the Exercise Self-efficacy scale at 3 stages (at baseline, at 4 weeks, and at 8 weeks post-intervention). Results: We found a slight increase between baseline, first follow-up, and second follow-up in interpersonal and competing demands factors in the intervention group (p = .002, p = .001, respectively), but no improvement in the control group in any of the 3 factors over time (p > .05). Also, Cohen's d values indicated a medium effect size in all exercise self-efficacy subscales ( interpersonal [0.734], competing demands [0.665], and internal feelings [0.696]). Conclusions: Health education using theoretically-based MMS targeting exercise self-efficacy was effective and affordable in promoting and changing patients' beliefs and physical activity behaviors

Feeling · Interpersonal communication · Intervention (counseling · Physical therapy · Psychotherapist · Self-efficacy · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Nursing · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology

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