Taneya Y. Koonce|Nunzia Bettinsoli Giuse|Sheila V. Kusnoor|Suzanne Hurley|Fei Ye
A personalized approach to deliver health care information to diabetic patients in community care clinics
studys purpose test generalizability individualized information prescription model previously validated educating patients hypertension emergency department community health center settings study investigators assessed effects educational materials targeted health literacy levels learning styles patients diabetes knowledge community clinic settingfrom may august 2012 160 patients recruited randomized intervention n 81 control n 79 groups inclusion criteria included 18 years older english spanish speaker type 2 diabetes diagnosis measures included modified versions diabetes knowledge test subjective numeracy scale along brief health literacy learning style assessments study team members contacted groups 2 6 weeks reassess diabetes knowledgethe control group showed significant change diabetes knowledge followups contrast mean number diabetes knowledge questions answered correctly intervention group increased significantly 2 weeks 266 p 0000 persisted 6 weeks 246 p 000this study showed patients knowledge diabetes increased significantly exposure educational materials targeted health literacy levels learning style preferences model transferrable among health conditions