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Preferences and opinions of patients with Type 2 diabetes on education and self?care: a cross?sectional survey
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences|University Medical Center|University Hospital and Clinics|Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences|University Medical Center|University Hospital and Clinics|Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences|University Medical Center|University Hospital and Clinics|Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences|University Medical Center|University Hospital and Clinics|Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research|Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences|University Medical Center|University Hospital and Clinics
assess preferences patients type 2 diabetes regarding selfcare activities diabetes educationquestionnaire survey carried general practices outpatient clinics across netherlandspreferred setting education preferred educator preferred burdensome selfcare activity multinomial logistic regression analysis assessed associations outcomes patient characteristics preferences opinionsdata 994 consecutive individuals analysed mean 65 years 54 male 97 caucasian 21 low education level 80 primary care 19 thought poor average glycaemic control 61 thought overweight 32 thought took little exercise eighty per cent respondents preferred diabetes education regular diabetes checkups patients taking insulin preferred education given nurses odds ratio 245 95 confidence interval ci 121496 individuals thought health pooraverage preferred education given doctors 165 95 ci 108253 physical exercise preferred selfcare activity thought took little exercise 197 95 ci 132293 preferred less patients mobility problems 065 95 ci 043097 patients eating disinhibition reported keeping healthy diet 463 300716 taking medication 166 95 ci 109252 burdensome selfcare activities age independent determinant preferencewhen providing education patients newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes healthcare providers consider making tailored education plan irrespective patients age