Improving Health Outcomes of Diabetic Veterans: A Diabetic Self-Management Program

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Conditions studied: Diabetes

In brief

Control of the blood sugar prevents complications and results in extra years of life in patients with diabetes. Practice Guidelines delineating specific ways physicians manage diabetes have been outlined. Missing are guidelines for health care providers to encourage patients to take responsibility for their diabetes. Traditional patient education models have been ineffective in managing diabetic persons because they have relied upon information given alone and are disease centered rather than patient centered. This study will explore the role of self-efficacy in helping veterans move toward healthy behaviors.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00013052

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

2068

Expected to finish

2002-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 40 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Cognitively intact diabetic veterans.

Where it is running

• Miami VA Healthcare System, Miami, FL — Miami, Florida, United States
• James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Tampa, FL — Tampa, Florida, United States
• West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL — West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

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