EVALUATION OF TREATMENT OUTCOME IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS PATIENT BY LINE APPLICATION
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BACKGROUND: The situation of COVID-19 has resulted in limitations in the follow-up of the treatment of patients. Therefore, the patient follow-up model needs to be adjusted to suit the situation. The researcher then experimented on the follow-up treatment of type 2 diabetes patients with the LINE application.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the treatment outcome of type 2 diabetes patients follow-up with the LINE application.
METHODS: This study is a quasi-experimental research. The sample group was patients with type 2 diabetes who receive services at chronic disease clinic of primary care units in Wangmuang District network, Saraburi province. The sample group was divided into the experimental group of 40 patients with type 2 diabetes that could be followed up and assessed diabetic drug use through Line Application and the control group of 40 patients with type 2 diabetes provided with conventional follow-up. The research tool was a questionnaire with high reliability (coefficient=0.823).
RESULTS: With respect to knowledge on self-care of type 2 diabetes, both groups demonstrated high level of knowledge. With respect to satisfaction toward the advice given by the pharmacist association to follow-up on treatment results, both groups showed better score. When comparing clinical results before and after receiving advice from the pharmacist in association with follow-up on treatment results by Line Application, Total Cholesterol, LDL Cholesterol and HbA1C found in the experimental group decreased significantly with statistical significance of 0.05, but not significantly difference in the control group.
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Pharmaceutical care promoted better outcomes for type2 Diabetes patients. Pharmaceutical care plus Line Application may be promoted as a tool for treatment follow-up as it is a convenient, safe and cost-effective method and also suitable for the situation of COVID-19 pandemic.
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