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| Name | Class |
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| National Science and Technology Council | FED |
| Chang Gung Memorial Hospital | OTHER |
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This phase study will use a randomized trial method to evaluate the performance of the ECAM educational app in the promotion of CAM health literacy and communication among patients with diabetes.
The objectives of this phase study are to (1) implement the ECAM educational app to empower patients with diabetes in their management of diabetes alongside CAM use; (2) examine the impact of the ECAM educational app on patient empowerment, CAM health literacy, risk management of CAM use, CAM communication and diabetes quality of life in patients with diabetes; and (3) collect feedback from both patients and nurses on how to improve the ECAM educational app for dissemination and implementation.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empowerment Application for CAM Health Education. | Experimental | Using empowerment software applications for complementary and alternative therapy education, explaining the risk factors that need to be considered, and teaching the use of the assistive tool of the empowerment software application |
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| Written Paper for CAM Health Education. | Placebo Comparator | Using written paper for complementary and alternative therapy education, explaining the risk factors that need to be considered |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Experimental: Empowerment Application for CAM Health Education | Other | Using empowerment software application for complementary and alternative therapy education, explaining the risk factors that need to be considered, and teaching the use of assistive tool of the empowerment software application |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Understanding the benefits-risks of complementary therapies (CTs) use scale Alternative Medicine (CAM) use questionnaire | Measure patients' understanding of benefit-risk management on CAM use，The lower the score, the poorer the understanding. | Pre-test (baseline), 2, 3 months after intervention |
| Quality of life questionnaire | assess patients' satisfaction with various aspects of life while managing diabetes. | Pre-test (baseline), 2, 3 months after intervention |
| Diabetes Empowerment scale | Measure patients' understanding of benefit-risk management on CAM use, the minimum and maximum values，and higher scores .The minimum is 10，maximum values is 40，The lower the score, the poorer the understanding. | Pre-test (baseline), 2, 3 months after intervention |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Chang Hsiao Yun, PhD | Chang Gung University of Science and Technology | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| CHENG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Linkou | Taoyuan City | Guishan District | 333 | Taiwan |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 42361247 | Derived | Chang HY, Yeh KC, Huang YY, Li JH, Liu FH. Empowering Patients Through Literacy: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Educational App for Evaluating Complementary Therapies in Diabetes Management. Nurs Open. 2026 Jul;13(7):e70658. doi: 10.1002/nop2.70658. |
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there is no plan to make individual participant data (IPD) available to other researchers.
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| ID | Term |
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| D003920 | Diabetes Mellitus |
| D000079102 | Empowerment |
| ID | Term |
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| D044882 | Glucose Metabolism Disorders |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
| D004700 | Endocrine System Diseases |
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Randomized trail method
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The process of keeping the study group assignment hidden after the allocation to participant, care provider, investigator, outcomes assessor
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| Written Paper for CAM Health Education | Other | Using written paper for complementary and alternative therapy education and explaining the risk factors that need to be considered |
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| D012919 | Social Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |