Survey on the effect of two education methods (face to face and distance) on the self-care skill of Behvarz

Background: With increase in the number of patients with chronic illnesses, longterm health care systems are experiencing significant problems in providing these services. Therefore, in order to organize these patients and facilitate the work, it is suggested that some care be provided by the individuals themselves. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of face to face and distance education on selfcare. Methods: Data were collected through a researchermade questionnaire. The statistical population of the study consisted of Bahvarzes of two cities: Khaf and Sarakhs. According to population size and based on Cochran formula, 45 Bahvarzes were randomly selected from khaf and Sarakh health centers as the statistical sample. The intervention of facetoface training in Sarakhs health center and intervention of distance education in Khaf Health Center were used. Data was analyzed through SPSS 24 software. Results: Based on the results of paired ttest, it was found that face to face training intervention was effective on selfcare of noncommunicable diseases in Behvarz of Sarakhs city (pvalue = 0.001). But selfcare distance education intervention has not been effective on selfcare of noncommunicable diseases in Behvarz of khaf city (pvalue=0.1). Also the results of comparing the mean of two methods of face to face and distance training showed that there was a significant difference between the scores mean of Behvarz in the two methods (pvalue = 0.001) and the face to face training intervention was more effective than distance training intervention. Conclusion: Selfcare face to face training of noncommunicable diseases in Behvarz is more effective than distance training.