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A resilience intervention in African-American adults with type 2 diabetes
Mary A Steinhardt1, Sharon A Brown2, Susan K Dubois3
1The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA. msteinhardt@austin.utexas.edu.
Objectives:
To explore the feasibility and outcomes of a resilience-based diabetes self-management education (RB-DSME) program to improve psychological and physiological health in African-American adults with type 2 diabetes.
Methods:
An experimental group (N = 32) received RB-DSME and a comparison group (N = 33) received standard DSME. Psychological and physiological measures were taken at baseline and 6 months. ANCOVAs assessed whether the experimental group improved its overall outcome relative to the comparison group, while controlling for baseline scores.
Results:
The experimental group's outcomes were significantly improved vis-à-vis the comparison group for diabetes knowledge, positive meaning, HDL cholesterol, and fasting blood glucose.
Conclusions:
The RB-DSME shows feasibility and promise for enhancing health; a full-scale randomized trial is warranted.
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