Breaking Barriers to Effective Type 2 Diabetes Management: Findings from the use of the OPTIMA© Questionnaire in Clinical Practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The OPTIMA© (MSD, Courbevoie, France) questionnaire was developed to promote shared decisions and the set-up of specific micro-objectives in clinical practice by optimizing communication between type 2 diabetes (T2DM) patients and their physicians. The present study aimed to assess OPTIMA in clinical practice.

Methods

A cross-sectional multicenter observational study was conducted in France from 2012 to 2014. During routine consultation, patients completed one of the five modules of the OPTIMA questionnaire (Physical activity, Diet, Treatment, Knowledge of the disease or Self-monitoring of blood glucose). The rate of SMART (specific, measurable, acceptable, realistic, timely) micro-objective set-up following the use of the questionnaire was assessed. Data on how p

SUBMITTER: Grimaldi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4920846 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature