RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Bittner, Dennis
T1 Patient Involvement in Diabetes Care: Greek Study of Decision Aids Inconclusive
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2014
FD SAGE Publications
VO 14
IS 32
SP 21
OP 22
DO 10.1177/155989771432014
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/32/21.abstract
AB he high cost of treatment and large variation in the quality of patient care are major concerns in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Increasing the degree of patient involvement in decisions related to treatment of their condition has been advocated in current T2DM guidelines and has been shown to improve the overall quality of care. This article presents preliminary results from the multicenter, cluster-randomized Diabetes Medication Choice Cards Trial in Greece [NCT01861756; EASD 2014 (poster 1077)] evaluating use of the Diabetes Medication Choice Decision Aids.