The effectiveness of an interactive educational model based on new media on the psychological well-being of children with diabetes mellitus

Children with diabetes experience debilitating conditions that threaten the mental health of a child with diabetes. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of interactive education based on new media on the psychological well-being of diabetic children. This study was a quasi-experimental method of pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all children with diabetes referred to Gabrik Medical Center and Diabetes Clinics in Tehran in 2009-2010. A sample of this population consisted of 44 people (24 in the experimental group and 19 in the control group) with Using the sampling method, they were selected voluntarily and placed in the experimental and control groups. The educational model was performed for the children of the experimental group for 6 sessions after the pre-test. The control group did not receive any special psychological training. The collected data were analyzed using analysis of covariance. The results showed that the model of interactive education based on new media has a significant effect on the psychological well-being of diabetic children (p <0.05). Based on the obtained results, it can be concluded that the interactive education model based on new media can be used as an intervention method for children with diabetes along with drug therapy.