Association between diabetes patients' knowledge about medications and their blood glucose control

McPherson, Mary Lynn; Smith, Sheila Weiss; Powers, Atsuko; Zuckerman, Ilene H.

doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2007.01.002

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“…[1][2][3] Diabetes patients who have greater understanding and knowledge of their diabetes medications achieve tighter glycemic control. 4 Long-term complications of diabetes can be prevented or progression halted by controlling factors such as blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels, in addition to providing education and encouragement of proper preventative care. [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Pharmacists are uniquely positioned in the community, clinic, and inpatient settings to use their expertise in drug knowledge, communication skills, and medication therapy management to optimize care and education for diabetes patients and caregivers.…”

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Impact of a First-Year Student Pharmacist Diabetes Self-Care Education Program

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Luu

et al. 2013

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Objective. To evaluate the effectiveness of a first-year diabetes self-care education program by measuring student pharmacists' confidence and knowledge retention, and the clinical applicability of the skills learned. Design. Integrated into a Pharmacy Practice Course, a 9-hour program consisting of lectures, a home glucose monitor assignment, and active-learning workshops was completed by 2 cohorts of first-year student pharmacists. Three survey instruments were developed and administered to the student pharmacists prior to the program, immediately after the program, and 9 months after the program to assess confidence, knowledge retention, and the clinical applicability of the knowledge and skills learned. Assessment. In cohort 1, 54 student pharmacists (response rate 90%) perceived that their confidence and ability improved significantly (increased by 88% and 110%, respectively, from baseline, p,0.001). Overall knowledge of diabetes increased as well as indicated by a 40% increase in test scores (p,0.001). About two-thirds of student pharmacists used their training to assist patients with diabetes within 9 months of completing the program. Findings in cohort 2 mirrored those observed with cohort 1, indicating good generalizability.Conclusions. An innovative first-year diabetes self-care education program significantly improved student pharmacists' knowledge and confidence in providing diabetes self-care education, and the majority immediately used their leaned skills to assist diabetes patients and caregivers. Training first-year student pharmacists in diabetes care so they are prepared to use these skills as early as their first year of pharmacy school may be an effective approach to increasing the number of providers available to counsel and care for this expanding patient population.

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Impact of a First-Year Student Pharmacist Diabetes Self-Care Education Program

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“…Similarly, patients with greater understanding and knowledge of their medications have been shown to have better glycaemic control (5). On the other hand, poor knowledge of diabetes is associated with increased rate of hospitalization for unstable diabetes [6].…”

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Patients’ Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus in a Nigerian City

Odili¹,

Isiboge²,

Eregie³

2011

Trop. J. Pharm Res

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“…The younger the age of a patient, the better it is to achieve diabetes control after attendance at educational programs. [14,15] Possible explanations for this observation include older patients' inability to sufficiently follow the variety of subjects of such educational programmes for type 2 DM due to impaired vision, inability to hear or remember well enough, as well as due to potential diabetes complications. [15] 4.2 BMI According to the results of the present study, there was a statistically significant reduction in BMI of the participants.…”

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Group-based education for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Greece: An observational study

Merakou

Knithaki²,

Karageorgos

et al. 2015

JNEP

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Objective: The objective of this study is the assessment of the impact of a brief patient group education intervention (Conversation Maps TM ) in people with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.Methods: A total of 138 people with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus who were regular patients at the diabetic clinic of a Primary Health Care setting in Attica participated in the study. The intervention group attended a structured group, brief educational programme (three sessions of two hours each). The main outcome measures were glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), Body Mass Index (BMI), triglycerides, High-density lipoprotein (HDL), Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), measured at baseline and six months after the intervention. Results: After 6 months, significant reductions were observed between the baseline and follow-up data in HbA1c (p < .001) in BMI (p < .007) in triglycerides (p < .003), in LDL-cholesterol (p < .001), while the mean HDL-cholesterol remained stable (p = .397). Conclusions: Group-based patient education with Conversation Maps TM for people with type 2 diabetes is effective in the improvement of clinical outcomes.

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Association between diabetes patients' knowledge about medications and their blood glucose control

Cited by 109 publications

References 20 publications

Impact of a First-Year Student Pharmacist Diabetes Self-Care Education Program

Impact of a First-Year Student Pharmacist Diabetes Self-Care Education Program

Patients’ Knowledge of Diabetes Mellitus in a Nigerian City

Group-based education for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Greece: An observational study

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