Predictors of daily blood glucose monitoring in Appalachian Ohio
Holly Raffle1, Lezlee J Ware, Anirudh V S Ruhil
1Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA. raffle@ohio.edu
Objective:
To determine factors contributing to successful diabetes self-management in Appalachia, as evidenced by daily blood glucose monitoring.
Methods:
A telephone survey (N=3841) was conducted to assess health status and health care access. The current investigation is limited to the subset of this sample who report having diabetes (N=529).
Results:
A multivariate logistic regression model established that having attended a diabetes education class (P<.01) was the most significant predictor of successful diabetes self-management. The inability to pay for care, demographic variables, and health risk indicators were not found to be significantly related to self-management.
Conclusions:
This study identifies the role of education in successful diabetes self-management for patients in the Appalachian region.
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