Virtual Reality Development to Create Knowledge for Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose and Self-Care among Older Adults in Buriram City Municipality
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Enhancing elder to have capacity to monitor blood sugar level and to care themselves is necessary. The objectives of this research were to 1) develop virtual reality for the self-monitoring of blood glucose and self-care among older adults, and 2) evaluate pretest-posttest and satisfaction with the devised virtual reality. This work uses a research & development (R&D) approach with 3 steps as follows. 1) Systematic review (SR)-based development: PICo and quality function deployment (QFD) were used, wherein 3 categories of content that created health awareness included 1) self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), 2) creating awareness of blood glucose control, and 3) promoting physical and mental health. Virtual reality with 12 knowledge bases was designed, mainly used online. 2) Pretest-posttest comparison: The population included 4,161 older adults in Buriram City Municipality. The samples included 98 older adults in Buriram City Municipality Health Center Region 2, obtained by purposive sampling. Pre-tests and post-tests were used. After data analysis by paired t-tests, it was found that the post-test scores for older adults who used virtual reality were significantly higher than the pre-test scores (p < .01). and 3) Satisfaction evaluation: The participants included 400 older adults in Buriram City Municipality Health Center Region 2, obtained by stratified sampling. A structured questionnaire was used. Data were analyzed by mean and SD. It was found that the participants showed a high level of satisfaction with the new virtual reality (mean=4.08; SD=.42). Based on the findings of this research, it can be concluded that the developed virtual reality media can promote self-care among the elderly.
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