Publication Description
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. CONCLUSIONS: Analyses revealed increases in participants' diabetes management knowledge (p
Primary Author
Devchand,R.
Nicols,C.
Gallivan,J. M.
Tiktin,M.
Krause-Steinrauf,H.
Larkin,M.
Tuncer,D. M.
the GRADE Research Group
Author Address
Hager Sharp Inc., Washington, District of Columbia.; Hager Sharp Inc., Washington, District of Columbia.; National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland.; GRADE Study Group, Endocrinology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.; GRADE Coordinating Center, Biostatistics Center, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.; GRADE Study Group, Diabetes Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.; National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland.; GRADE Coordinating Center, Biostatistics Center, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
Publisher
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
Author Address
Hager Sharp Inc., Washington, District of Columbia.; Hager Sharp Inc., Washington, District of Columbia.; National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland.; GRADE Study Group, Endocrinology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.; GRADE Coordinating Center, Biostatistics Center, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.; GRADE Study Group, Diabetes Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.; National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland.; GRADE Coordinating Center, Biostatistics Center, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia.
URL
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28213915
