Empowering Patients Living With Chronic Conditions Using Video as an Educational Tool: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Video is used daily for various purposes, such as leisure, culture, and even learning. Currently, video is a tool that is available to a large part of the population and is simple to use. This audio-visual format has many advantages such as its low cost, speed of dissemination, and possible interaction between users. For these reasons, it is a tool with high dissemination and educational potential, which could be used in the field of health for learning about and management of chronic diseases by adult patients.

Objective

The following review determines whether the use of health educational videos by adult patients with chronic diseases is effective for their self-management according to the literature.

Methods

An electronic literature search of the PubMed,

SUBMITTER: Navarro O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8292934 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature