TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding and enhancing adherence in adults with diabetes
AU - Walker, Elizabeth A.
AU - Usher, Jennifer A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The preparation of this manuscript has been supported by the NIH grant DK20541. We thank Maria Kalten and Ebele Benjamin for assistance with its completion.
PY - 2003/4
Y1 - 2003/4
N2 - This article reviews selected recent literature on adult diabetes patient-centered adherence to diabetes care recommendations. We describe more fully a limited number of articles that have particular lessons for diabetes clinicians and researchers. Each article was reviewed for methodology, adherence measures, and types of outcome data collected. This process produced a few studies evaluating an intervention to promote adherence, subsequent targeted behavior changes, as well as health outcomes. Using a standard measure of diabetes self-care adherence over multiple studies may be an important way to compare results across diverse interventions. Advances in research designs and measures show promising results for understanding and enhancing adherence in adults coping with diabetes. Much more behavioral research in diabetes is needed in order to significantly improve the health and quality of life in this population.
AB - This article reviews selected recent literature on adult diabetes patient-centered adherence to diabetes care recommendations. We describe more fully a limited number of articles that have particular lessons for diabetes clinicians and researchers. Each article was reviewed for methodology, adherence measures, and types of outcome data collected. This process produced a few studies evaluating an intervention to promote adherence, subsequent targeted behavior changes, as well as health outcomes. Using a standard measure of diabetes self-care adherence over multiple studies may be an important way to compare results across diverse interventions. Advances in research designs and measures show promising results for understanding and enhancing adherence in adults coping with diabetes. Much more behavioral research in diabetes is needed in order to significantly improve the health and quality of life in this population.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11892-003-0038-5
DO - 10.1007/s11892-003-0038-5
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12728640
AN - SCOPUS:0038206744
SN - 1534-4827
VL - 3
SP - 141
EP - 148
JO - Current Diabetes Reports
JF - Current Diabetes Reports
IS - 2
ER -
