Tahereh Najafi Ghezeljeh1, Sanaz Sharifian2, Mehdi Nasr Isfahani3, Hamid Haghani4. 1. a Department of Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery , Iran University of Medical Sciences , Rashid Yasemi St., Valiasr St., Tehran , Iran. 2. b Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery , Iran University of Medical Sciences , Rashid Yasemi St., Valiasr St., Tehran , Iran. 3. c Department of Emergency Medicine , Emergency Medicine Research Center, Al-Zahra Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences , Isfahan , Iran. 4. d Statistic and Mathematics Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery , Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran , Iran.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the benefits of social networks in the management of patients. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of self-management (SM) education using telephone follow-up and mobile phone-based social networking on SM behaviors among patients with hypertension. METHODS: This randomized clinical trial was conducted with 100 patients. They were randomly allocated to four groups: (i) control, (ii) SM training without follow-up, (iii) telephone follow-up and (iv) smartphone-based social networking follow-up. The hypertension SM behavior questionnaire was used for data collection before and six weeks after the study. RESULTS: Those patients who underwent SM education training (with and without follow-up) had statistically significant differences from those in the control group in terms of SM behaviors (p < .001). There was no statistically significant difference between different types of follow-up. CONCLUSION: SM education using telephone follow-up and/or smartphone-based social networking follow-up influenced SM behaviors among patients with hypertension.
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BACKGROUND: Little is known about the benefits of social networks in the management of patients. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of self-management (SM) education using telephone follow-up and mobile phone-based social networking on SM behaviors among patients with hypertension. METHODS: This randomized clinical trial was conducted with 100 patients. They were randomly allocated to four groups: (i) control, (ii) SM training without follow-up, (iii) telephone follow-up and (iv) smartphone-based social networking follow-up. The hypertension SM behavior questionnaire was used for data collection before and six weeks after the study. RESULTS: Those patients who underwent SM education training (with and without follow-up) had statistically significant differences from those in the control group in terms of SM behaviors (p < .001). There was no statistically significant difference between different types of follow-up. CONCLUSION: SM education using telephone follow-up and/or smartphone-based social networking follow-up influenced SM behaviors among patients with hypertension.