<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mann, Kate</style></author></authors><secondary-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">van Puffelen, Anne L.</style></author></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Group Education Courses in Recently Diagnosed Patients with T2DM</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MD Conference Express</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014-11-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18-19</style></pages><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can be challenging for patients to self-manage and can lead to stress that affects their health-related quality of life. The perception of illness is a close determinant of health behavior and outcomes; therefore, researchers in the Netherlands used illness perceptions as the starting point in devising a new support program for patients and their partners in the first years of living with T2DM. This article discusses the Diacourse study group outlining results of a randomized controlled trial (NTR3302) of this support program administered to recently diagnosed patients with T2DM.</style></abstract><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">32</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume></record></records></xml>