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Using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods to Pretest the Publication Take Charge of Your Diabetes: A Guide for Care
(Sage Publications, 1996)
Quantitative and qualitative methods used to pretest the guidebook Take Charge of Your Diabetes: A Guide for Care are presented in this paper. Questionnaires were used as the quantitative method (completed by 59 diabetes ...
Contrasting Patient and Practitioner Perspectives in Type 2 Diabetes Management
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., 1998)
Studies of self-care behaviors in the management of type 2 diabetes of ten focus on patient knowledge and montivation, without considering the role of practitioner orientations. Using an exploratory descriptive design, we ...
Testing A Model of Diabetes Self-Care Management
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., 1990)
The daily management of diabetes involves a complex interaction of metabolic variables, self-care behaviors, andpsychological and social adjustments to having the disease. Diabetes patient-education programs usually focus ...
Measuring the attitudes of patients towards diabetes and its treatment
(Elsevier, 1990-12)
The following is a study of the general diabetes-related attitudes of 1202 patients with diabetes in Michigan. The instrument used to measure attitudes was a revised version of the Diabetes Attitude Scale (DAS) designed ...
A comparison of the diabetes-related attitudes of health care professionals and patients
(Elsevier, 1993-06)
The following study compares the diabetesrelated attitudes of sampled health care professionals and patients with diabetes. Attitudes were measured with a revised version of the Diabetes Attitude Scale (DAS) which includes ...
The Relationship Between Diabetes-Related Attitudes and Patients' Self- Reported Adherence
(Sage Publications, 1993)
This study involved 1202 patients who were placed into low adherence or high adherence groups based on their answers to questionnaires. The attitudes of each group were compared for a variety of adherence behaviors. Patients ...
Perceived Effectiveness, Cost, and Availability of Patient Education Methods and Materials
(Sage Publications, 1992)
To determine the efficacy of and need for patient education methods and media, a needs assessment was sent to 816 members of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Respondents (n=325, 40%) included 62% RNs, 36% ...
Guidelines for Facilitating a Patient Empowerment Program
(Sage Publications, 1995)
The traditional medical treatment model often ignores the emotional, spiritual, social, and cognitive aspects of living with a chronic disease such as diabetes. Empowerment programs address these psychosocial areas by ...
Gender Differences in Diabetes Attitudes and Adherence
(Sage Publications, 1995)
This study focused on three questions: Is there a difference in men's and women's diabetes attitudes? Do health professionals give different recommendations to men and women? Is there a difference between men and women in ...
Empowerment: An Idea Whose Time Has Come in Diabetes Education
(Sage Publications, 1991)
We have learned much in the past 10 years about how to help patients to acquire diabetes-related knowledge and skills and how to use strategies to help patients change behaviors. However, the application ofknowledge and ...