Ga Hee Lee, Jeong Hee Kim, Sungroul Kim, Sangwoon Lee, Dae Hyun Lim
Effects of Indoor Air Purifiers on Children with Asthma
Yonsei medical journal
purpose purpose study determine effectiveness communitybased diabetes selfmanagement program comparing treatment participants randomized usualcare control group 6 months methods total 345 adults type 2 diabetes criteria high a1c randomized usualcare control group 6week communitybased peerled diabetes selfmanagement program dsmp randomized participants compared 6 months dsmp intervention participants followed additional 6 months 12 months total a1c body mass index measured baseline 6 months 12 months data collected selfadministered questionnaires results 6 months dsmp participants demonstrate improvements a1c compared controls baseline a1c much lower similar trials participants significant improvements depression symptoms hypoglycemia communication physicians healthy eating reading food labels p lt 01 also significant improvements patient activation selfefficacy 12 months dsmp intervention participants continued demonstrate improvements depression communication physicians healthy eating patient activation selfefficacy p lt 01 significant changes utilization measures conclusions findings suggest people diabetes without elevated a1c benefit communitybased peerled diabetes program given large number people diabetes lack lowcost diabetes education dsmp deserves consideration implementation