Are Audiovisual Materials Superior to Printed Materials in Improving Awareness Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients?

Introduction This research evaluates the effectiveness of video educations against patients fixed believes and knowledge that either not precise or overestimated, and compare with classic educational method such as Brochure. As many researches indicates the difficulties to initiate insulin therapy for type 2 diabetic patients due to overestimated barriers such as needle anxiety, feelings of guilt and failure, concerns about hypoglycemia, sense of loss of control over one's life and reduced quality of life. This research will introduce different educational tools to evaluate their effectiveness in breaking psychological insulin barriers.

Methodology It's a randomized controlled trial. Validated questionnaire (ITAS) was used to evaluate the psychological insulin barriers, video and Brochures were devolved as educational materials contain same contents and validated. Study conducted in King Abdulaziz city housing with total sample size of 126. They were divided into intervention group (video group) and controlled group (Brochure group). Both group filled the same questionnaire before the intervention. And then immediately after the intervention. Six weeks later, both groups filled the same questionnaire to measure the long-term effects.

Inclusion criteria

• Type 2 diabetic patients
• Age group from 30 to 70 years
• A1c = 8 mg/dL or above
• Both genders

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women
• Blindness or profound vision loss
• Severe mental problems e.g. Psychosis