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Telecommunication Support for Rural Women With Diabetes

Kare Korps, Billings, Montana

Clarann Weinert, SC, PhD, RN, FAAN

Montana State University, College of Nursing, Bozeman, MT 59717cweinert{at}montana.edu

PURPOSE

The Women to Women Diabetes Project tested the use of telecommunication technology to deliver diabetes education and social support to rural women with diabetes. The aims were to (1) test the effects of the computer intervention in providing support, information, and education on selected outcomes, and (2) evaluate the women's attitudes toward and satisfaction with the intervention and the support provided.

METHODS

Thirty women were randomized into computer and noncomputer groups and participated for 10 months. For 5 months, one group participated in a self-help support and educational group via the computer; the other group continued to use their usual modes of support and communication. Psychosocial well-being scales were administered and attitudes were surveyed.

RESULTS

Improving health and higher educational levels positively influenced measures of social support and quality of life. Women who were married or who reported greater support had higher scores on the Personal Resource Questionnaire. The women expressed positive effects of the computer-based support group on their lives.

CONCLUSIONS

The intervention was enthusiastically accepted, and could be conducted effectively in isolated rural areas.

The Diabetes Educator, Vol. 26, No. 4, 645-655 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/014572170002600412


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