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Diabetes Behavioral Medicine
Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care appears to be useful for diabetic patients
March 6th, 2006
The Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care appears to be useful for diabetic patients. According to recent research published in the journal Diabetes Care, "There is a dearth of information on the extent to which diabetic patients receive care congruent with the chronic care model (CCM) and evidence-based behavioral counseling. This study evaluates a new instrument to fill this gap. R.E. Glasgow and colleagues working with Kaiser Permanente explained, "A heterogeneous sample of 363 type 2 diabetic patients completed the original Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC), along with additional items that allowed it to be scored...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2006-03-06)
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