Development of Educational exercise program including e-learning system for nurses teaching the patients with diabetes

2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 22792170
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: TOMISAWA Toshiko 弘前大学, 大学院・保健学研究科, 准教授 (70333705)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2012
• Keywords: 糖尿病 / 運動指導 / 自己効力感 / 看護師 / 糖尿病療養指導士 / eラーニング

Research Abstract

The study aims to develop an educational program of exercise for nurses based on investigating nurses involving in exercise teaching for patients with diabetes at hospital. We investigated how many nurses involved in exercise education and how they taught patients with diabetes to do exercise. It was clarified that nurses almost taught complications by exercise, hypoglycemia and their preventive measures, and proper times on exercise. However, there were few nurses dealing with proper exercise intensity, exercise program applied to individual life style and how to control physical activity by heart rate. Twenty-two items were selected for the final scale about self-efficacy relating to promotion of some exercise in diabetes regimen. Factor analysis supported a two-factor solution with‘teaching risk protection and fundamental of exercise’ and ‘teaching individual exercise’. Educational program of exercise for nurses based on the investigation was constructed as 1 day workshop. Furthermore, the e-learning program was developed for reviewing the workshop and patients teaching.