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The impact of diabetes education on blood glucose self-monitoring among older adults.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20557415     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether attending diabetes education is associated with blood glucose self-monitoring among unselected older adults in routine clinical care.
METHOD: A cross-sectional population-based study was carried out on 15,190 people with diabetes aged 65-79 years. Subjects were identified using a registry of doctor-diagnosed diabetes derived from administrative data, and attendance at diabetes education centres (DECs) was determined from a separate registry of DEC utilization for 2006. Outcomes were derived using administrative data. The primary outcome was prescriptions filled for glucose self-monitoring supplies. The secondary outcomes were prescriptions for antihypertensive drugs, prescriptions for lipid-lowering drugs and eye examinations.
RESULTS: DEC attendance was associated with glucose self-monitoring, after adjusting for baseline differences between attendees and non-attendees (adjusted odds ratio 6.45, 95% confidence interval 5.61 to 7.42). All of the secondary outcomes were also independently associated with DEC attendance.
CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that diabetes education is associated with self-management behaviour in real-world clinical care. These findings support the effectiveness of self-management education programmes to increase self-care behaviours.
Authors:
Adam Millar; Karen Cauch-Dudek; Baiju R Shah
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-06-14
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of evaluation in clinical practice     Volume:  16     ISSN:  1365-2753     ISO Abbreviation:  J Eval Clin Pract     Publication Date:  2010 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-27     Completed Date:  2010-12-07     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9609066     Medline TA:  J Eval Clin Pract     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  790-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes Mellitus*
Female
Humans
Male
Ontario
Patient Education as Topic*
Program Evaluation
Grant Support
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//Canadian Institutes of Health Research

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