Improving Diabetes Control Using Shared Medical Appointments
| Autor: | Joan Lugovich, Kathryn A. Sanders, Alexander B. Guirguis, Sean M. Jeffery, Seth T. Cioffi, Jennifer Jay, Jeffrey D. Kravetz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education Population Healthy eating Controlled studies Appointments and Schedules Patient Education as Topic Healthcare delivery Diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus medicine Humans Aged American diabetes association Medical education education.field_of_study business.industry Attendance General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease United States United States Department of Veterans Affairs Diabetes control Family medicine business |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Medicine. 126:1043-1044 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9343 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.06.019 |
| Popis: | The management of diabetes mellitus is often complex and requires significant self-management skills. The American Diabetes Association recommends that patients with diabetes receive self-management education and support. Effectively teaching patients to apply self-management skills poses a significant challenge. To varying degrees, patients with diabetes often need to use healthy eating recommendations, self-monitoring of blood glucose, adherence to medication regimens that include oral or injectable agents, and attendance to specialist appointments. A shared medical appointment is a format for healthcare delivery that allows patients to relate their experiences with others who share similar circumstances and challenges. In addition, shared medical appointments allow patients to access an interdisciplinary team in a short period of time. Several controlled studies have demonstrated benefits of shared medical appointments in improving diabetes-related end points compared with usual care. We sought to assess the effectiveness of implementation of a diabetes group shared medical appointment in a veteran population. |
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