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Assistant Director of Pharmacy Services, Bexar County Hospital at San Antonio, Texas.
Director, Department of Pharmacy Services, University of Maryland Hospital and Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacy at Baltimore.
Director of Institutional Pharmacy Programs, Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Science, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland 21201.
Reprint request should be sent to Dr. Lamy.
Abstract
The impact of a specially designed patient education program upon the diabetes-related knowledge and compliance of insulin dependent diabetic patients was investigated. The program consisted of an audiovisual presentation, illustrated handout material, and pharmacist-patient counseling.
Based on statistical considerations, 65 eligible patients were assigned systematically to a control group (Group I) and a study group (Group II) and were evaluated for compliance following a standardized protocol. Immediately following the interview, Group II patients were instructed utilizing the patient education program. Scores for initial and final evaluations of knowledge and compliance were compared using appropriate statistical procedures. The program was successful in producing improvements in both knowledge and compliance but a need for individualization of patient education efforts was indicated. Significant improvements in compliance were not observed among patients older than the mean age for study patients and those with diabetes complicated by cardiovascualr and hypertensive disease.
Published Online, March 28, 2006. www.theannals.com, DOI 10.1345/aph.140016
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