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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.

Conclusions

Analyses revealed increases in participants' diabetes management knowledge (p < .001) and self-efficacy (p < .001) from pre- to posttest. Participants who reported no formal previous diabetes education showed a statistically significant increase in knowledge scores compared to those with previous diabetes education (p < .05).

Implications for practice

Appropriate, relevant diabetes education materials may improve self-management knowledge and self-efficacy among adults with type 2 diabetes. Providers should feel confident using 4 Steps as a resource for clinical practice.

SUBMITTER: Devchand R

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Devchand Roshni R Nicols Christina C Gallivan Joanne M JM Tiktin Margaret M Krause-Steinrauf Heidi H Larkin Mary M Tuncer Diane M DM

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 20170218 5

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>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).<h4>Methods</h4>A sample of 348 adults with ty ...[more]

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

Background and purpose

Methods

Conclusions

Implications for practice

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

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