The 4th International Conference on Nursing

Author :

Nabilah Siregar

Affiliation :

Student, Master of Nursing Program, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia

Abstract :

Introduction Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease that increase morbidity and mortality in the world. There are 10% of people in the world lived with DM and 90% of them have type 2 DM in 2014. Considering to this era of internet, web could be used in caring for patients in chronic care model. The paper aimed to describe the effectiveness of web-based self-management program in patient with type 2 DM. Methods This review was conducted by searching many literatures from Science direct, ProQuest, PubMed, and google scholar focused on web-based self-management program in patient with type 2 DM. It included original articles published over the period of 2008-2018. Selection process was carried out using Prisma flow chart. Results 6 from 30 eligible articles was reviewed based on inclusion criteria outlined. Interestingly, Web-based self-management program can be used to improve patients’ knowledge, behavior of healthy life style, glycemic controlling, self-efficacy in self-care, and decrease distress in patient with type 2 DM. Conclusion Web-based self-management program has positive impacts on physiological, behavior and psychological aspects that could decrease complication in patient with type 2 DM. Health practitioner including nurses should consider many aspects and apply this intervention in caring for patient with type 2 DM in community.

Keywords :

Web-Based Self-Management; Diabetes Mellitus