TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of problem-solving-based diabetes self-management training on diabetes control in a low income patient sample
AU - Hill-Briggs, Felicia
AU - Lazo-Elizondo, Mariana
AU - Peyrot, Mark
AU - Doswell, Angela
AU - Chang, Yi Ting
AU - Hill, Martha N.
AU - Levine, David
AU - Wang, Nae Yuh
AU - Brancati, Frederick Louis
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements: This research was funded by NHLBI grant K01 HL076644, American Diabetes Association grant 7-06-IN-07, General Clinical Research Center grant M01RR000052 from the NIH National Center for Research Resources, and NIDDK Diabetes Research and Training Center grant P60 DK079637. Portions of the study results were presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions, Orlando, Florida, June 2010 and the World Congress on Chronic Care, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November, 2007. We gratefully acknowledge the dedication of our research participants and staff. (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier Number NCT00201110) Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Background: Lower socioeconomic status is associated with excess disease burden from diabetes. Diabetes self-management support interventions are needed that are effective in engaging lower income patients, addressing competing life priorities and barriers to self-care, and facilitating behavior change. Objective: To pilot test feasibility, acceptability, and effect on disease control of a problem-based diabetes self-management training adapted for low literacy and accessibility. Design: Two-arm randomized controlled trial powered to detect a 0.50% change in A1C at follow-up with a 2-sided alpha of 0.05 in a pooled analysis. Participants: Fifty-six urban African-American patients with type 2 diabetes and suboptimal blood sugar, blood pressure, or cholesterol control recruited from a diabetes registry within a university-affiliated managed care organization. Interventions: A group, problem-based diabetes self-management training designed for delivery in an intensive and a condensed program format. Three intensive and three condensed program groups were conducted during the trial. Main Measures: Clinical (A1C, systolic blood pressure [SBP], diastolic blood pressure [DBP], LDL and HDL cholesterol) and behavioral (knowledge, problem solving, self-management behavior) data were measured at baseline, post-intervention, and 3 months post-intervention (corresponding with 6-9 months following baseline). Results: Adoption of both programs was high (>85% attendance rates, 95% retention). At 3 months post-intervention, the between-group difference in A1C change was -0.72% (p = 0.02), in favor of the intensive program. A1C reduction was partially mediated by problem-solving skill at follow-up (β = -0.13, p = 0.04). Intensive program patients demonstrated within-group improvements in knowledge (p < 0.001), problem-solving (p = 0.01), and self-management behaviors (p = 0.04). Among the subsets of patients with suboptimal blood pressure or lipids at baseline, the intensive program yielded clinically significant individual improvements in SBP, DBP, and LDL cholesterol. Patient satisfaction and usability ratings were high for both programs. Conclusions: A literacy-adapted, intensive, problem-solving-based diabetes self-management training was effective for key clinical and behavioral outcomes in a lower income patient sample.
AB - Background: Lower socioeconomic status is associated with excess disease burden from diabetes. Diabetes self-management support interventions are needed that are effective in engaging lower income patients, addressing competing life priorities and barriers to self-care, and facilitating behavior change. Objective: To pilot test feasibility, acceptability, and effect on disease control of a problem-based diabetes self-management training adapted for low literacy and accessibility. Design: Two-arm randomized controlled trial powered to detect a 0.50% change in A1C at follow-up with a 2-sided alpha of 0.05 in a pooled analysis. Participants: Fifty-six urban African-American patients with type 2 diabetes and suboptimal blood sugar, blood pressure, or cholesterol control recruited from a diabetes registry within a university-affiliated managed care organization. Interventions: A group, problem-based diabetes self-management training designed for delivery in an intensive and a condensed program format. Three intensive and three condensed program groups were conducted during the trial. Main Measures: Clinical (A1C, systolic blood pressure [SBP], diastolic blood pressure [DBP], LDL and HDL cholesterol) and behavioral (knowledge, problem solving, self-management behavior) data were measured at baseline, post-intervention, and 3 months post-intervention (corresponding with 6-9 months following baseline). Results: Adoption of both programs was high (>85% attendance rates, 95% retention). At 3 months post-intervention, the between-group difference in A1C change was -0.72% (p = 0.02), in favor of the intensive program. A1C reduction was partially mediated by problem-solving skill at follow-up (β = -0.13, p = 0.04). Intensive program patients demonstrated within-group improvements in knowledge (p < 0.001), problem-solving (p = 0.01), and self-management behaviors (p = 0.04). Among the subsets of patients with suboptimal blood pressure or lipids at baseline, the intensive program yielded clinically significant individual improvements in SBP, DBP, and LDL cholesterol. Patient satisfaction and usability ratings were high for both programs. Conclusions: A literacy-adapted, intensive, problem-solving-based diabetes self-management training was effective for key clinical and behavioral outcomes in a lower income patient sample.
KW - diabetes
KW - problem-solving
KW - self-management
KW - training
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U2 - 10.1007/s11606-011-1689-6
DO - 10.1007/s11606-011-1689-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 21445680
AN - SCOPUS:80052303104
SN - 0884-8734
VL - 26
SP - 972
EP - 978
JO - Journal of general internal medicine
JF - Journal of general internal medicine
IS - 9
ER -