A 60-Week Prospective RCT of a Self-Management Intervention for Individuals With Serious Mental Illness and Diabetes Mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A 60-week randomized controlled trial assessed the effects of targeted training in illness management (TTIM) versus treatment as usual among 200 individuals with serious mental illness and diabetes mellitus.

Methods

The study used the Clinical Global Impression (CGI), the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) to assess psychiatric symptoms; the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) to assess functioning; the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) to assess general health, and serum glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) to assess diabetes control.

Results

Participants' mean±SD age was 52.7±9.5 years, and 54% were African American. They were diagnosed as having depr

SUBMITTER: Sajatovic M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5675044 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature