Sung Sim Lee1,Dong Suk Lee2
1Department of Nursing, Gangneung Yeongdong University, Gangneung, Korea
2College of Nursing, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
Background: Health literacy is the degree to which
individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and under-
stand basic health information. It should be considered to
make appropriate health education. The aims of this study
were to develop the new diabetes education material using
storytelling for improving health literacy and to determine the
education effects.
Methods: A new storytelling based education material was
developed using ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop,
Implement and Evaluate) teaching model. The content was
compiled using Korean traditional fairy tales by re-
searchers and a storytelling writer. For determination on
effectiveness of education, non-equivalent control
group experimental design was used. The participants were
49 rural elders who visiting elderly welfare center;
experimental group (25) received education using the new
developed material and control group (24) received
education using the existing material. The measurement
variables for education effectiveness were diabetes
health literacy, diabetes knowledge, diabetes self-efficacy
and diabetic self-care behaviors. Data were ana-
lyzed with SPSS/WIN 21.0 program for mean comparison
between two groups.
Results: Diabetic health literacy, diabetic self-efficacy, and
diabetic self-care behaviors scores were higher in the
experimental group than the control group except diabetes
knowledge score.
Conclusions: Based on research findings, the new
education material using storytelling was considered to be
easier and more interesting than existing materials for rural
elderly to be educated, which improved health liter- acy
more. Using storytelling in health education might be more
effective for rural elderly.
Korean J Health Promot 2022;22(2):113-122
Keywords: Storytelling, Education, Health literacy, Diabetes
mellitus, Elderly |