Diabetes Self-Management Education and Association With Diabetes Self-Care and Clinical Preventive Care Practices

Details

• Alternative Title:
  Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care
• Personal Author:
  Mendez, Isabel ; Lundeen, Elizabeth A. ; Saunders, Magon ; Williams, Alexis ; Saaddine, Jinan ; Albright, Ann
• Description:
  Purpose:
  
  The purpose of the study is to assess self-reported receipt of diabetes education among people with diabetes and its association with following recommended self-care and clinical preventive care practices.
  
  Methods:
  
  We analyzed data from the 2017 and 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for 61 424 adults (≥18 years) with self-reported diabetes in 43 states and Washington, DC. Diabetes education was defined as ever taking a diabetes self-management class. The association of diabetes education with self-care practices (daily glucose testing, daily foot checks, smoking abstention, and engaging in leisure-time physical activity) and clinical practices (pneumococcal vaccination, biannual A1C test, and an annual dilated eye exam, influenza vaccination, health care visit for diabetes, and foot exam by a medical professional) was assessed. Multivariable logistic regression with predicted margins was used to predict the probability of following these practices, by diabetes education, controlling for sociodemographic factors.
  
  Results:
  
  Of adults with diabetes, only half reported receiving diabetes education. Results indicate that receipt of diabetes education is associated with following self-care and clinical preventive care practices. Those who did receive diabetes education had a higher predicted probability for following all 4 self-care practices (smoking abstention, daily glucose testing, daily foot check, and engaging in leisure-time physical activity) and all 6 clinical practices (pneumonia vaccination, biannual A1C test, and an annual eye exam, flu vaccination, health care visit, and medical foot exam).
  
  Conclusions:
  
  The prevalence of adults with diabetes receiving diabetes education remains low. Increasing receipt of diabetes education may improve diabetes-related preventive care.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Diabetes Mellitus Glucose Glycated Hemoglobin Humans Self-Management Self Care
• Source:
  Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care. 48(1):23-34
• Pubmed ID:
  35023406
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10979825
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  48
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c8021a70d2f65ec9d9f01ab5eaa15d42b02edf2482d235b50844474e57e60a3e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/153619/cdc_153619_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 453.16 KB ]