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Authors: Mónica Palacio-Marco¹, Yolanda Couto-Rosende², Jacobo Pérez-Sánchez¹, Helena Costa-Ventura¹, Javier García-Martínez¹, Raquel Corripio^1* 

1. Pediatric Endocrine Department,
2. Pediatric Digestive Department Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d’Investigació innovació Parc Taulí 3PT. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, Spain

Abstract:

Introduction : Autoimmune type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the paediatric age group. Gamification in diabetes education may have the potential to change health behaviours by creating an innovative, engaging and interactive learning environment.
Material and methods : A 6-month prospective quasiexperimental pilot study aimed at evaluating the impact of a gamified educational intervention (own kahoot ®, face-to-face, in 2 sessions, with immediate feedback) on diabetes knowledge, metabolic control and quality of life of adolescents with T1D.
Variables recorded : knowledge using the Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire Test (DKQ2) and own Diabethoc questionnaire, metabolic control parameters through glycosylated haemoglobin, main parameters established according to the recommendations of the Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (for sensor use >70%) and quality of life in diabetes with the PedsQL test.
Results : Twenty-one patients (61.9% boys) with a mean age of 13.8±0.81SD years on multi-dose insulin therapy 71.4% (n=15) and the insulin pump 28.6% (n=6) were included. Assessment by DKQ2 showed a 38.7% increase in knowledge post-intervention. The Diabet-hoc test showed an increase of 65.3% throughout the study. Changes in metabolic control and the quality-of-life test were not statistically significant.
Conclusions : Our tool demonstrated an improvement in diabetes knowledge maintained at 6 months after the study.

Keywords: diabetes mellitus, gamification, therapeutic education, adolescent

Citation:

Raquel Corripio Collado. Impact of a therapeutic educational intervention using a gamification method aimed at adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. The Journal of Clinical Medicine 2024.