PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mann, Kate
ED  - van Puffelen, Anne L.
TI  - Group Education Courses in Recently Diagnosed Patients with T2DM
DP  - 2014 Dec 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 18--19
VI  - 14
IP  - 32
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/32/18.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/32/18.full
AB  - 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.