Thesis
Goal setting education and counseling practices of diabetes educators
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2009
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101967
Abstract
Goal setting education is a well recognized approach to help diabetes patients acquire diabetes self-management skills, yet specific education practices are understudied. Goal setting education practices with type 2 patients for diabetes self-management (DSM) was assessed by questionnaire with 179 diabetes educators (DE) from the American Association of Diabetes Educators membership. Objectives were to identify assessment, education and counseling practices, instructional tools, and patient follow-up processes, with an emphasis on dietary self-management. Many DE (76%) reported that most or all patients set healthy eating goals. Patterns of practices were characterized through principal components factor analysis of sets of responses and appeared to represent a theme of patient-centered approaches. Factor patterns for the frequency of information collected from the patient for the first diabetes education session showed that educators either focused on patients‟ “Self-management practices” (exercise and dietary practices, knowledge, and social impacts of diabetes) or “Issues with learning about selfmanagement”, which represented information to understand patient learning style and motivation for managing their diabetes. A novel measure, ways DE gauge patient readiness to make a dietary change, showed approaches consistent with patient-centered care and mostly consisted of asking the patient for direction in selecting a change. Most DE documented patients‟ goals (93%) and also had patients write down goals (67%). Follow-up visits were conducted by 90% of DE, averaged 2.8 visits, and were initiated on average 1.4 months after initial diabetes education. Most educators reported practices which were largely patient centered as promoted by the ADA and models of chronic disease management.
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Details
- Title
- Goal setting education and counseling practices of diabetes educators
- Creators
- Charlene Louise Malemute
- Contributors
- Jill Armstrong Shultz (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525054301842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis