New diabetes patients aren’t learning self care, study says

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New diabetes patients aren’t participating in education and training programs that can help them control the chronic condition, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Fewer than 7% of newly diagnosed diabetes patients take part in diabetes self-management and education training (DSMT) that teaches them how to monitor diet, exercise and glucose levels, according to data from the Marketscan database, which collects private insurance claim information. Analysis of Medicare patients’ claims found that only 4% of those newly diagnosed with diabetes participate in DSMT programs.

http://medicaleconomics.modernmedic...patients-aren-t-learning-self-care-study-says

Doesn't help here in the UK when people often get such poor information and support, and are denied access to the tools to enable them to monitor their diabetes :(
 
Yep Alan, and the courses are held during working hours, who in this day and age can afford time of work?
 
Pumper_Sue said:
Yep Alan, and the courses are held during working hours, who in this day and age can afford time of work?
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My GP led some Saturday afternoon diabetes self-management classes on Saturday afternoons. I learnt a lot there.
 
The courses here are three days and during the week, when I was working I'd have been lucky to get that as leave, but now I'm not allowed to do it because I'd lose benefit because I'm not available for work for three days, the looks on their faces when I suggested they do half days spread across a number of weeks and preferably at the weekends.....priceless 😱
 
I really think it would be beneficial to all parties if unenployed people were allowed to do these courses prior to returning to work- how is it going to looks if a few weeks into a new job, leave is required- especially as us peope with diabetes already have to attend at least annaul, sometimes more frequent reviews plus blood tests and retinal screening etc.
more confidence in maanging diabetes should be seen as an employability enhancing asset- I'm sure there are plenty of people who either have hypos affecting work or run too high to avoid these thus setting themselves up for problems later on
I was lucky as self employed when doing DAFNE and no problems having that week off.
Are people on JSA allowed to attend medical appointments or do they loose benefits for these?
 
As far as I'm aware I can attend appointments but am expected to make the time up in terms of seeking employment. They don't actually stop you attending a course its just technically it means your not available for work apparently. It's like being a child again.
 
KookyCat said:
As far as I'm aware I can attend appointments but am expected to make the time up in terms of seeking employment. They don't actually stop you attending a course its just technically it means your not available for work apparently. It's like being a child again.
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It's a joke - as if the nation's economy is going to collapse because they couldn't find that essential worker for three days 🙄 What would happen if you were in hospital for three days with DKA, would they stop the benefit then?
 
Northerner said:
It's a joke - as if the nation's economy is going to collapse because they couldn't find that essential worker for three days 🙄 What would happen if you were in hospital for three days with DKA, would they stop the benefit then?
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I'm not sure but they allow two short periods of sickness apparently, and you have to prove you're spending 35 hours a week looking for work. The daft thing is that those people who are looking for work are the ones who will be bothered by it all, those few who aren't looking won't give two hoots. Either way I'm considering it an experience, I have a journalist/researcher friend who is interested in the experience, he specialises in systematic degradation in the criminal justice system (which was my dissertation as it happens) but is interested in the same concept in the benefits system, so maybe I'll get a mention in his research 🙂
 
It might be something to do with brain power ? If you had a part that was broken on your car, cooker or boiler you would pay for someone to fix it ! I regularly go to different events for EDUCATION about Diabetes. You always pick something new up. Today I have given a phone interview for 1hr 10 min & have been to local PPI hosp event. Is that classed as my day off. I am self employed 😉
 
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