background: nowadays, due to the emergence of new and advanced technologies, methods of medical education have undergone several changes. because students often spend many minutes per day using mobile phone and its features, and this is a great attraction for them. this study was an attempt to assess the capabilities of the mobile phone technology to be used for teaching the key points of pedia...

objective: diabetes mellitus has shown a tremendous health and social burden worldwide. better glycemic control in patients with diabetes can be achieved by improving their knowledge which consequently will prevent developing microvascular and neurological complications. some studies demonstrate effectiveness of short message service (sms) for patient education. regarding exponential growth in ...

objective: this study was performed to compare the effectiveness of two methods of follow-up: short message service (sms) versus telephone call on glycosylated hemoglobin (hba1c) in type 2 diabetes. material and methods: this semi-experimental study consisted of 77 patients with type 2 diabetes who were randomly assigned into two groups: telephone follow-up (n = 39) and short message service (n...

OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to compare the effectiveness of two methods of follow-up: Short Message Service (SMS) versus telephone call on glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in type 2 diabetes. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This semi-experimental study consisted of 77 patients with type 2 diabetes who were randomly assigned into two groups: telephone follow-up (n = 39) and Short Message Service ...