Assessment of a National Diabetes Education Program diabetes management booklet: The GRADE experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The National Diabetes Education Program created the 4 Steps to Manage Your Diabetes for Life (4 Steps) booklet to help patients with diabetes learn the basics of self-management and care recommendations. The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of 4 Steps on participants' diabetes management knowledge and self-efficacy in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE).

Methods

A sample of 348 adults with type 2 diabetes enrolled in GRADE was included in this analysis. Participants took a pretest, were sent home with 4 Steps, then took a posttest at their next visit. The Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to detect differences in knowledge and self-efficacy between scale scores pre- and posttest.

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SUBMITTER: Devchand R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5419861 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature