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. 2022 Aug 9;6(8):e35079.
doi: 10.2196/35079.

Utility and Acceptability of a Brief Type 2 Diabetes Visual Animation: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Mohsen Alyami  1 , Anna Serlachius  1 , Mikaela Law  1 , Rinki Murphy  2   3 , Turky H Almigbal  4   5 , Mataroria Lyndon  6 , Mohammed A Batais  4   5 , Rawabi K Algaw  7 , Elizabeth Broadbent  1
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Utility and Acceptability of a Brief Type 2 Diabetes Visual Animation: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

Mohsen Alyami et al. JMIR Form Res. .

Abstract

Background: Visualizations of illness and treatment processes are promising interventions for changing unhelpful perceptions and improving health outcomes. However, these are yet to be tested in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

Objective: This study assesses the cross-cultural acceptability and potential effectiveness of a brief visual animation of T2DM at changing unhelpful illness and treatment perceptions and self-efficacy among patients and family members in 2 countries, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia. Health care professionals' views on visualization are also explored.

Methods: A total of 52 participants (n=39, 75% patients and family members and n=13, 25% health care professionals) were shown a 7-minute T2DM visual animation. Patients and family members completed a questionnaire on illness and treatment perceptions and self-efficacy before and immediately after the intervention and completed semistructured interviews. Health care professionals completed written open-ended questions. Means and 95% CIs are reported to estimate potential effectiveness. Inductive thematic analysis was conducted on qualitative data.

Results: All participants rated the visual animation as acceptable and engaging. Four main themes were identified: animation-related factors, impact of the animation, animation as an effective format for delivering information, and management-related factors. Effect sizes (ranged from 0.10 to 0.56) suggested potential effectiveness for changing illness and treatment perceptions and self-efficacy among patients and family members.

Conclusions: Visualizations are acceptable and may improve the perceptions of patients' with diabetes in a short time frame. This brief visual animation has the potential to improve current T2DM education. A subsequent randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects on illness and treatment perceptions, adherence, glycemic control, and unplanned hospital admission is being prepared.

Keywords: animation; illness perception; intervention; mobile phone; type 2 diabetes mellitus; visualization.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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Participant flowchart. NZ: New Zealand; SA: Saudi Arabia.
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