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Culturally competent diabetes self-management education for Mexican Americans: the Starr County border health initiative

Author: Brown, S. A. Country/countries: N/A Number of patients participating in the study: 256 This study was focused on patients living with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Intervention analysed in the study: Usual Care Plus Intervention components: UCP
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Setting of implementation: N/A Professionals delivering the intervention: N/A Targeted self-management behaviours: N/A
Intervention analysed in the study: Monitoring and action-based behavioural techniques and social support delivered in groups Intervention components: E+MT+AB+SS+G
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Setting of implementation: Community-based care Professionals delivering the intervention: Dietician/nutritionist, Nurses, Social worker Targeted self-management behaviours: Asking for professional help or emergency care when needed, Eating behaviours, Medication use and adherence, Physical activity /exercise, Physical management, Self-monitoring

Outcomes measured in the study

Outcome Measure Tool
HbA1C Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) N/A
Knowledge Knowledge N/A
Lipid profile Total cholesterol N/A
Lipid profile Triglycerides N/A
Weight (management) BMI - Body Mass Index N/A

Patient characteristics

Age: 54.0 years (+/- a standard deviation of 8.25) Gender: 161 females Time since diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: N/A Severity of the disease: 11.81 (+/- a standard deviation of 3.01) Multi-morbidity: N/A
  • Number of co-morbidities: N/A

Level of health literacy: N/A
  • Tool: N/A

Socio-economic characteristics: N/A

Risk of Bias of this study

Outcome Random sequence generation Allocation concealment Blinding performance Blinding detection objective outcomes assessment Attrition incomplete outcome Incorrect statistical methods Recruitment bias Selective outcome reporting
HbA1C - Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)
Knowledge - Knowledge
Lipid profile - Triglycerides
Lipid profile - Total cholesterol
Weight (management) - BMI - Body Mass Index

Other publications associated with this study

Diabetes Self-Management and Leptin in Mexican Americans With Type 2 Diabetes: The Starr County Border Health Initiative Link: 10.1177/0145721713505153 Culturally competent diabetes education for Mexican Americans: the Starr County Study Link: 10.1177/014572179902500208