互動式衛生教育系統對下背痛衛生教育之效果

Interactive Health Promotion System for Low Back Pain Health Education

丁賢偉(Hsien-Wei Ting) ； 詹前隆(Chien-Lung Chan)

《醫護科技期刊》 11卷4期 (2009/12) Pp. 235-247

https://doi.org/10.6563/TJHS.2009.11(4).3

摘要

Introduction: Low back pain is a common disease that substantially affects patient quality of life. Many risk factors induce low back pain. Of all low back pain patients, 10-30% are chronic. These cases comprise 80% of all therapeutic treatment costs. This study proved that an interactive health promotion system is effective in promoting health awareness. This study demonstrated that health education can improve patient knowledge and that the proposed interactive health promotion system is better than other methods of low back pain health education.
Material and Method: The participants were 92 college majors in Information Management. The subjects were randomly assigned into three groups. Pre-test and post-test knowledge of low back pain were compared. Subjective user experiences were also evaluated on a 5-point Likert scale. Both t-test and χ-square test were used for statistical analysis.
Result: Post-test scores exceeded pre-test scores in all three groups (p ＜ 0.01). Females scored higher than males did (p ＜ 0.05). User satisfaction was higher in the interactive system group than in the other groups (p ＜ 0.05). The web group scored higher than the pamphlet group did in both attraction to reading and accessibility of information (p ＜ 0.05).
Discussion: Health education can increase knowledge of diseases. Compared to informational literature such as pamphlets, the interactive system is more effective in satisfying user needs, reducing dissemination costs, and attracting the attention of patients.

關鍵字

下背痛 ； 衛生教育 ； 互動式媒體 ； 網際網路

並列摘要

Introduction: Low back pain is a common disease that substantially affects patient quality of life. Many risk factors induce low back pain. Of all low back pain patients, 10-30% are chronic. These cases comprise 80% of all therapeutic treatment costs. This study proved that an interactive health promotion system is effective in promoting health awareness. This study demonstrated that health education can improve patient knowledge and that the proposed interactive health promotion system is better than other methods of low back pain health education.
Material and Method: The participants were 92 college majors in Information Management. The subjects were randomly assigned into three groups. Pre-test and post-test knowledge of low back pain were compared. Subjective user experiences were also evaluated on a 5-point Likert scale. Both t-test and χ-square test were used for statistical analysis.
Result: Post-test scores exceeded pre-test scores in all three groups (p ＜ 0.01). Females scored higher than males did (p ＜ 0.05). User satisfaction was higher in the interactive system group than in the other groups (p ＜ 0.05). The web group scored higher than the pamphlet group did in both attraction to reading and accessibility of information (p ＜ 0.05).
Discussion: Health education can increase knowledge of diseases. Compared to informational literature such as pamphlets, the interactive system is more effective in satisfying user needs, reducing dissemination costs, and attracting the attention of patients.

並列關鍵字

Low back pain ； health education ； video game ； interactive system ； Internet

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