Effects of teacher-led educational intervention on knowledge and attitude towards the prevention of diabetes mellitus among students of a secondary school in Southern Nigeria: a single group quasi-experimental study

Q4 Medicine Rwanda Medical Journal Pub Date : 2023-06-30 DOI:10.4314/rmj.v80i2.3

A. Otovwe, O. Agofure, U. C. Okporu

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INTRODUCTION: The widely documented poor knowledge of diabetes mellitus (DM) amongadolescents is a lacuna in the current drive to decrease the prevalence of the disease. This studywas designed to investigate the effects of teacher-led educational interventions on the knowledge,perception, and attitude towards DM among students of Dom-Domingos College Warri, DeltaState, Nigeria.METHODS: This pre-test post-test design study was conducted on 100 secondary school studentsof Dom-Domingos College in 2021, who were selected using the simple random samplingmethod. Data was collected using a validated questionnaire including demographic, knowledge,perception, and attitude sections. Afterward, an educational intervention was implementedamong the students for three weeks in three hourly sessions. After one month, the data wererecollected from the students and analyzed using mean, paired t-test, and logistic regression atP<0.05 level of significance by SPSS Version 17 software.RESULTS: The mean age of the students was 13.95±1.92 years, and 59 (59.0%) were females. Themajority of the students, 88 (88.0%), are aware of DM. The findings showed a significant increasein the mean knowledge, perception and attitude score in the post-test compared to the pre-testat P<0.05.CONCLUSION: Teacher-led educational intervention effectively improves knowledge, perception,and attitude towards DM prevention among in-school adolescents. Therefore, the studyrecommends utilizing this opportunity by educational and health policymakers to increasemessages of DM prevention in secondary schools in Nigeria.

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期刊介绍： The Rwanda Medical Journal (RMJ), is a Not-For-Profit scientific, medical, journal that is published entirely online in open-access electronic format. The RMJ is an interdisciplinary research journal for publication of original work in all the major health disciplines. Through a rigorous process of evaluation and peer review, The RMJ strives to publish original works of high quality for a diverse audience of healthcare professionals. The Journal seeks to deepen knowledge and advance scientific discovery to improve the quality of care of patients in Rwanda and internationally.