Differences in Secure Messaging, Self-management, and Glycemic Control Between Rural and Urban Patients: Secondary Data Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Rural patients with diabetes have difficulty accessing care and are at higher risk for poor diabetes management. Sustained use of patient portal features such as secure messaging (SM) can provide accessible support for diabetes self-management.

Objective

This study explored whether rural patients' self-management and glycemic control was associated with the use of SM.

Methods

This secondary, cross-sectional, mixed methods analysis of 448 veterans with diabetes used stratified random sampling to recruit a diverse sample from the United States (rural vs urban and good vs poor glycemic control). Administrative, clinical, survey, and interview data were used to determine patients' rurality, use of SM, diabetes self-management behaviors, and glycemic control. Mo

SUBMITTER: Robinson SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8663667 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature