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Perception of nurses on the use of mobile phone text messaging for the management of diabetes mellitus in rural Ghana

AIM: This study aims to explore the perception of nurses on the use of mobile phone SMS for managing diabetes in rural Ghana. DESIGN: Exploratory Descriptive Qualitative Design. METHODS: Purposive sampling was used to recruit (13) participants relative to data saturation after ethical clearance (RED...

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Autores principales: Korsah, Kwadwo Ameyaw, Abdulai, Eliasu, Dzansi, Gladys, Gamor, Nathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36611225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1596
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author Korsah, Kwadwo Ameyaw
Abdulai, Eliasu
Dzansi, Gladys
Gamor, Nathan
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description AIM: This study aims to explore the perception of nurses on the use of mobile phone SMS for managing diabetes in rural Ghana. DESIGN: Exploratory Descriptive Qualitative Design. METHODS: Purposive sampling was used to recruit (13) participants relative to data saturation after ethical clearance (REDACTED); using a semi‐structured interview guide. All interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic content analysis. RESULTS: Participants believe SMS was useful in facilitating interaction between nurses, clients, family and statistically significant others; improving medication adherence and supporting blood glucose monitoring. The use of infographics was preferred to traditional SMS among digitally literate patients and voice calls for those who were illiterate. Participants had limited knowledge of downloadable diabetic applications. Participants were willing to accept and use SMS for the management of diabetes mellitus. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Thirteen nurses actively participated in the study.
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spelling pubmed-100774182023-04-07 Perception of nurses on the use of mobile phone text messaging for the management of diabetes mellitus in rural Ghana Korsah, Kwadwo Ameyaw Abdulai, Eliasu Dzansi, Gladys Gamor, Nathan Nurs Open Empirical Research Qualitative AIM: This study aims to explore the perception of nurses on the use of mobile phone SMS for managing diabetes in rural Ghana. DESIGN: Exploratory Descriptive Qualitative Design. METHODS: Purposive sampling was used to recruit (13) participants relative to data saturation after ethical clearance (REDACTED); using a semi‐structured interview guide. All interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using thematic content analysis. RESULTS: Participants believe SMS was useful in facilitating interaction between nurses, clients, family and statistically significant others; improving medication adherence and supporting blood glucose monitoring. The use of infographics was preferred to traditional SMS among digitally literate patients and voice calls for those who were illiterate. Participants had limited knowledge of downloadable diabetic applications. Participants were willing to accept and use SMS for the management of diabetes mellitus. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Thirteen nurses actively participated in the study. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-01-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10077418/ /pubmed/36611225 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1596 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Nursing Open published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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title Perception of nurses on the use of mobile phone text messaging for the management of diabetes mellitus in rural Ghana
title_full Perception of nurses on the use of mobile phone text messaging for the management of diabetes mellitus in rural Ghana
title_fullStr Perception of nurses on the use of mobile phone text messaging for the management of diabetes mellitus in rural Ghana
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title_short Perception of nurses on the use of mobile phone text messaging for the management of diabetes mellitus in rural Ghana
title_sort perception of nurses on the use of mobile phone text messaging for the management of diabetes mellitus in rural ghana
topic Empirical Research Qualitative
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10077418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36611225
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1596
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