ArticleScandinavian journal of primary health care2009
Does patient education facilitate diabetic patients' possibilities to reach national treatment targets? A national survey in Swedish primary healthcare.
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- Patients' Expectations of Evidence-Based Service at the Pharmacy Regarding Information on Self-Care of the Feet for Persons with Diabetes at Risk of Developing Foot Ulcers - A Cross-Sectional Observational Study in Sweden.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Article
- Patients' experiences of support for learning to live with diabetes to promote health and well-being: A lifeworld phenomenological study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2016Article
- Manoeuvring between anxiety and control: patients' experience of learning to live with diabetes: a lifeworld phenomenological study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2015Article
- Organizational determinants of high-quality routine diabetes care.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2014Article
- Assessing research impact with Google Scholar: the most cited articles in the journal 2008-2010.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2011Article
- Severe hypoglycaemia in drug-treated diabetic patients needs attention: a population-based study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2011Article
- The relationship between HbA1c level, symptoms and self-rated health in type 2 diabetic patients.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2011Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo describe how patient education is arranged in Swedish primary healthcare (PHC) and to assess whether the type of patient education and individual goal setting have an impact on diabetic patients' possibilities of reaching national treatment targets.
designA Swedish national survey.
settingSwedish PHC. SUBJECTS: Data from 485 primary healthcare centres (PHCCs) and 91,637 diabetic patients reported by the PHCCs to the National Diabetes Register in 2006.
main outcome measuresDescription of how patient education is arranged, HbA(1c), body mass index, cholesterol, blood pressure, and physical activity.
resultsOf the PHCCs that reported how they performed the individual counselling, 50% reported checklist-driven counselling and 8% individualized counselling based on patients' needs. A total of 105 PHCCs reported that they arranged group education. Of these, 67% used pre-planned programmes and 9% individualized the programme to the patients' needs. The majority of PHCCs (96%) reported that they set individual goals (HbA(1c), blood pressure, lipids, and lifestyle). A minority of the PHCCs (27%) reported that the patients were involved in the final decision concerning their goals. Individual goal-setting facilitated patients' possibilities of reaching treatment targets. Goal-setting, list size of PHCCs, and personnel resources explained a variance of 2.1-5.7%. Neither individual counselling (checklist-driven or individualized to patients' needs) nor group education had an impact on patients' possibilities of reaching the targets.
conclusionThe current study indicates that improvement is needed in patient education in PHC to facilitate diabetic patients' possibilities of reaching national treatment targets.
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