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Trial reportJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2020

Improving Glycemic Control in African Americans With Diabetes and Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Barry W Rovner, Robin J Casten, Catherine Verrier Piersol, Neva White, Megan Kelley, Benjamin E Leiby

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Discordant Medication Beliefs in Black Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Diabetes.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2025
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  17. Occupational therapy services in primary care: a scoping review.Primary health care research & development · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Barry W RovnerDepartments of Psychiatry and Neurology (BR), Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-6920-8032
Robin J CastenDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Catherine Verrier PiersolDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson College of Rehabilitation Sciences of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Neva WhiteCenter for Urban Health, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Megan KelleyDepartment of Neurology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Benjamin E LeibyDivision of Biostatistics, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Thomas Jefferson University · USThomas Jefferson University Hospital · US

Funding

Improving Medication Adherence in Older African Americans with DiabetesR01DK102609 · NIDDK · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI ROVNER, BARRY W. · 2014 to 2017
$2.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK102609
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesImproving glycemic control in older African Americans with diabetes and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is important as the population ages and becomes more racially diverse.

designRandomized controlled trial.

settingRecruitment from primary care practices of an urban academic medical center. Community-based treatment delivery.

participantsOlder African Americans with MCI, low medication adherence, and poor glycemic control (N = 101).

interventionsOccupational therapy (OT) behavioral intervention and diabetes self-management education. MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome was a reduction in hemoglobin A1c level of at least 0.5% at 6 months, with maintenance effects assessed at 12 months.

resultsAt 6 months, 25 of 41 (61.0%) OT participants and 22 of 46 (48.2%) diabetes self-management education participants had a reduction in hemoglobin A1c level of at least 0.5%. The model-estimated rates were 58% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 45%-75%) and 48% (95% CI = 36%-64%), respectively (relative risk [RR] = 1.21; 95% CI = 0.84-1.75; P = .31). At 12 months, the respective rates were 21 of 39 (53.8%) OT participants and 24 of 49 (49.0%) diabetes self-management education participants. The model-estimated rates were 50% (95% CI = 37%-68%) and 48% (95% CI = 36%-64%), respectively (RR = 1.05; 95% CI = 0.70-1.57; P = .81).

conclusionBoth interventions improved glycemic control in older African Americans with MCI and poor glycemic control. This result reinforces the American Diabetes Association's recommendation to assess cognition in older persons with diabetes and demonstrates the potential to improve glycemic control in this high-risk population. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:1015-1022, 2020.

Indexed as

Drug MonitoringAgedAged, 80 and overBehavior TherapyBlack or African AmericanCognitive DysfunctionDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleGlycated HemoglobinGlycemic ControlHumansMaleMiddle AgedOccupational TherapySelf-ManagementSingle-Blind MethodGlycated Hemoglobinadult-onset diabetesAfrican Americanscognitionhemoglobin A1cmedication adherence

Identifiers

PMID32043561
PMCPMC8311466
OpenAlexW3005848723

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