Objective

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of a genetics educational module created to improve understanding about the genetics of diabetes, assess motivation to engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors, and gauge interest in genetic testing for diabetes.

Methods

Participants were recruited from the Multidisciplinary Comprehensive Diabetes Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Participants completed a pre-survey to assess three domains: (1) knowledge about diabetes etiology and testing, (2) healthy lifestyle behaviors, and (3) interest in genetic testing. Participants viewed a short, recorded educational module, then completed a post-survey to re-assess the domains.

Results

Participants increased knowledge about genetics of diabetes (p < 0.0001) and genetic testing (p = 0.0184), demonstrated motivation to adopt healthy behaviors (p < 0.0001), and decreased interest in genetic testing (p = 0.0833) after viewing the module.

Conclusions

The educational module increased understanding of diabetes and increased motivation to adopt healthy behaviors. The need for patient-friendly educational modules explaining the genetics of diabetes will likely increase with continued discoveries of how genetics contributes to diabetes risk and outcomes. This short, educational module has the potential to provide genetic information in an effective way that is easily adapted in a routine clinic setting.

中文翻译：

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将基于遗传学的信息模块纳入标准化糖尿病患者教育

客观的

本研究的目的是调查遗传学教育模块的有效性，该模块旨在提高对糖尿病遗传学的理解，评估参与健康生活方式行为的动机，并衡量对糖尿病基因检测的兴趣。

方法

参与者是从阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校的多学科综合糖尿病诊所招募的。参与者完成了一项预调查以评估三个领域：(1) 有关糖尿病病因和检测的知识，(2) 健康的生活方式行为，以及 (3) 对基因检测的兴趣。参与者观看了一个简短的、记录的教育模块，然后完成了一项事后调查以重新评估这些领域。

结果

参与者在观看模块后增加了对糖尿病遗传学 (p < 0.0001) 和基因检测 (p = 0.0184) 的了解，表现出采取健康行为的动机 (p < 0.0001)，并降低了对基因检测的兴趣 (p = 0.0833)。

结论

教育模块增加了对糖尿病的了解，并增加了采取健康行为的动力。随着对遗传学如何导致糖尿病风险和结果的不断发现，对解释糖尿病遗传学的患者友好教育模块的需求可能会增加。这个简短的教育模块有可能以一种有效的方式提供遗传信息，很容易在常规临床环境中进行调整。