Effects of V-Shape health literacy media on knowledge, belief, and self-care behaviors among patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension complicated by chronic kidney disease
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beliefs, hypertension, knowledge, patient, diabetes mellitus, self-care behaviors, chronic kidney disease, health literacy media V-ShapeAbstract
This quasi-experimental study with a two-group pretest-posttest design aimed to examine the effects of V-Shape Health Literacy Media on knowledge, beliefs, and self-care behaviors among patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension complicated by chronic kidney disease. A total of 30 patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension complicated by chronic kidney disease were purposively selected and randomly assigned to the experimental (n = 15) or control group (n = 15). The experimental group received the V-Shape health literacy media for four weeks, while the control group received standard care. The data collection tools included a questionnaire assessing demographics, knowledge, beliefs, and self-care behaviors. Reliability test revealed Kuder-Richardson 20 (KR-20) of 0.80 and Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.85–0.88. Descriptive statistics, paired t-tests, and independent t-tests were used for data analysis.
Results showed that post-intervention, the experimental group had significantly higher mean scores of knowledge, belief, and self-care behavior scores compared to pre-intervention (p<0.05). Additionally, the experimental group had significantly higher mean scores of knowledge, beliefs, and self-care behaviors than the control group after the study (p<0.05). The findings suggested that the V-Shape Health Literacy Media effectively enhanced knowledge, beliefs, and self-care behaviors in NCD patients. Its continued use is recommended, with potential application to other patient groups. Therefore, V-Chef health literacy media should be used to promote self-care behaviors of patients continuously and be applied to other patient groups in the community.
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