Teaching people to self-manage diabetes leads to better results

[Northerner]

Teaching people with diabetes how to control their blood glucose levels helps them achieve better results, finds a new study in Ethnicity and Disease. Surprisingly, providing intensive training to physicians of diabetes patients did not help patients achieve blood glucose control.

"We were expecting that intervention with the physician would give a better or equal outcome to intervention with patients. We have not seen that," said study author Fadia T. Shaya, Ph.D., M.P.H., professor of pharmaceutical health services research at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in Baltimore.

http://www.news-medical.net/news/20...-manage-diabetes-leads-to-better-results.aspx

Who would have guessed? 🙄

 

[AlisonM]

You know what I'm going to say, eh? NSS!!!

 

[itsallgood]

"Surprisingly, providing intensive training to physicians of diabetes patients did not help patients achieve blood glucose control."


Perhaps that's because they advise (type 2's at least) not to bother with one of the most crucial control tools available - blood glucose testing.

 

[Redkite]

Well duh!! I wish people would realise that diabetes is not a doctor-tells-you-what-to-do condition, unless your physician is with you 24/7 😉

 

[Northerner]

Well duh!! I wish people would realise that diabetes is not a doctor-tells-you-what-to-do condition, unless your physician is with you 24/7 😉

I wish some doctors would realise it too! 😉

 

[robert@fm]

In other news: Pope suspected of Catholic tendencies. 🙄

 

[trophywench]

They'll be finding out next where bears defaecate.

No, not gonna say it, Morse!

xx Lewis