期刊
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
卷 70, 期 1, 页码 102-110出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.09.008
关键词
diabetes; communication; health literacy; telephone care; group medical visits; racial/ethnic minority; self-management; disparities
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [K23 RR016539, K-23 RR16539-05] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [L30 DK072936-02A1, L30 DK072936] Funding Source: Medline
- PHS HHS [T32 HP19025] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES [K23RR016539] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Objective: We sought to identify interest in different modes of self-management support among diabetes patients cared for in public hospitals, and to assess whether demographic or disease-specific factors were associated with patient preferences. We explored the possible role of a perceived communication need in influencing interest in self-management support. Methods: Telephone survey of a random sample of 796 English and Spanish-speaking diabetes patients (response rate 47%) recruited from four urban US public hospital systems. In multilvariate models, we measured the association of race/ethnicity, primary language, self-reported health literacy, self-efficacy, and diabetes-related factors on patients' interest in three self-management support strategies (telephone support, group medical visits, and Internet-based support). We explored the extent to which patients believed that better communication with providers would improve their diabetes control, and whether this perception altered the relationship between patient factors and self-management support acceptance. Results: Sixty-nine percent of respondents reported interest in telephone support, 55% in group medical visits, and 42% in Internet. Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites, Spanish-speaking Hispanics were more interested in telephone support (OR 3.45, 95% CI 1.97-6.05) and group medical visits (OR 2.45, 95% CI 1.49-4.02), but less interested in Internet self-management support (OR 0.56, 95% CI 0.33-0.93). African-Americans were more interested than Whites in all three self-management support strategies. Patients with limited self-reported health literacy were more likely to be interested in telephone support than those not reporting literacy deficits. Forty percent reported that their diabetes would be better controlled if they communicated better with their health care provider. This perceived communication benefit was independently associated with interest in self-management support (p < 0.001), but its inclusion in models did not alter the strengths of the main associations between patient characteristics and self-management support preferences. Conclusion: Many diabetes patients in safety-net settings report an interest in receiving self-management support, but preferences for modes of delivery of self-management support vary by race/ethnicity, language proficiency, and self-reported health literacy. Practice implications: Public health systems should consider offering a range of self-management support services to meet the needs of their diverse patient populations. More broad dissemination and implementation of self-management support may help address the unmet need for better provider communication among diabetes patients in these settings. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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