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Tara Harris1, Susan Silva, Ronald Intini
1RSI Medical, PC Wendell (Drs Harris and Intini and Mr Smith) and Duke University School of Nursing, Durham (Drs Silva and Vorderstrasse), North Carolina.
Abstract:
This quality improvement project evaluated the effectiveness of a monthly diabetes self-management education intervention on HbA1C and knowledge levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. A retrospective analysis evaluating 51 patients found no significant improvement in HbA1C levels; however, there was a significant improvement in knowledge levels. Race was an influential factor on HbA1C levels showing a significant elevation in mean HbA1C in African Americans, while there was a decrease in mean HbA1c in Caucasians over the 6-month evaluation period.
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