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dc.contributor.authorvon Goeler, Dorothea S.
dc.contributor.authorRosal, Milagros C.
dc.contributor.authorOckene, Judith K.
dc.contributor.authorScavron, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorDe Torrijos, Fernando
dc.date2022-08-11T08:11:05.000
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-23T17:32:06Z
dc.date.available2022-08-23T17:32:06Z
dc.date.issued2003-07-01
dc.date.submitted2008-02-26
dc.identifier.citation<p>Diabetes Educ. 2003 Jul-Aug;29(4):663-72.</p>
dc.identifier.issn0145-7217 (Print)
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/014572170302900412
dc.identifier.pmid13677177
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/50883
dc.description.abstractPURPOSE: This study explored self-reported barriers to diabetes self-management in a population of urban, low-income Puerto Rican individuals. METHODS: A cross-sectional exploratory survey was conducted with 30 Puerto Rican adults with type 2 diabetes. Participants were randomly selected and recruited from a health center, an elder center, and a community outreach database. A survey was used to assess participants' diabetes-related knowledge, attitudes, and patterns of and barriers to self-management. RESULTS: Participants were older and had limited education and good access to health care. Although two thirds had participated in diabetes education, most demonstrated major deficits in diabetes knowledge. Negative attitudes about living with diabetes were common as was dietary knowledge and nonadherence. Most participants were overweight or obese, did regular self-monitoring of blood glucose but did not use the results to improve their diabetes control, and frequently missed doses of their diabetes medications. Self-reported barriers to self-management were financial and social obstacles and competing health and family concerns. CONCLUSIONS: The knowledge and self-management behaviors in this population of Puerto Rican individuals with type 2 diabetes need to be improved.
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation<p><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=13677177&dopt=Abstract ">Link to article in PubMed</a></p>
dc.relation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1177/014572170302900412
dc.subjectAdult
dc.subjectAged
dc.subjectAged, 80 and over
dc.subjectAttitude to Health
dc.subjectBlood Glucose Self-Monitoring
dc.subjectCross-Sectional Studies
dc.subjectDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2
dc.subjectEducational Status
dc.subjectFamily
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectHealth Behavior
dc.subjectHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
dc.subjectHispanic Americans
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMassachusetts
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectQuestionnaires
dc.subjectSelf Care
dc.subject*Urban Health
dc.subjectLife Sciences
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectWomen's Studies
dc.titleSelf-management of type 2 diabetes: a survey of low-income urban Puerto Ricans
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.source.journaltitleThe Diabetes educator
dc.source.volume29
dc.source.issue4
dc.identifier.legacycoverpagehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/wfc_pp/411
dc.identifier.contextkey437167
html.description.abstract<p>PURPOSE: This study explored self-reported barriers to diabetes self-management in a population of urban, low-income Puerto Rican individuals.</p> <p>METHODS: A cross-sectional exploratory survey was conducted with 30 Puerto Rican adults with type 2 diabetes. Participants were randomly selected and recruited from a health center, an elder center, and a community outreach database. A survey was used to assess participants' diabetes-related knowledge, attitudes, and patterns of and barriers to self-management.</p> <p>RESULTS: Participants were older and had limited education and good access to health care. Although two thirds had participated in diabetes education, most demonstrated major deficits in diabetes knowledge. Negative attitudes about living with diabetes were common as was dietary knowledge and nonadherence. Most participants were overweight or obese, did regular self-monitoring of blood glucose but did not use the results to improve their diabetes control, and frequently missed doses of their diabetes medications. Self-reported barriers to self-management were financial and social obstacles and competing health and family concerns.</p> <p>CONCLUSIONS: The knowledge and self-management behaviors in this population of Puerto Rican individuals with type 2 diabetes need to be improved.</p>
dc.identifier.submissionpathwfc_pp/411
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine
dc.source.pages663-72


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