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Stage of Change Advancement for Diabetes Self-Management Behaviors and Glucose Control

Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-San Antonio; Department of Family & Community Medicine, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive MSC 7795, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900. parchman{at}uthscsa.edu

Teshia G. Arambula-Solomon, DrPH

School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-San Antonio

Polly Hitchcock Noël, PhD

VERDICT Center, Audie L. Murphy Division of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-San Antonio.

Anne C. Larme, PhD

Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-San Antonio.

Jacqueline A. Pugh, MD

VERDICT Center, Audie L. Murphy Division of the South Texas Veterans Health Care System, University of Texas Health Sciences Center-San Antonio.

PURPOSE

This study was conducted to evaluate whether patients with type 2 diabetes who participated in diabetes education advanced through stages of change for self-management behaviors and to determine if movement was related to glucose control.

METHODS

A cohort of 428 patients with type 2 diabetes participated in a traditional diabetes education program in a large urban center in the Southwest. The sample was predominantly female with less than a high school education, a mean age of 52 years, and a mean duration of diabetes of 7 years. Two interviews were conducted approximately 9 months apart, at 1 to 4 weeks before the educational program and at 6 months after completing it. Blood specimens were collected at each interview to measure hemoglobin A1C (A1C) levels.

RESULTS

Most of the patients advanced 1 or more stages of change for at least 1 self-management behavior. Those with diabetes for less than 2 years were significantly more likely to advance at least 1 stage of change for diet and exercise than those with diabetes for more than 2 years. Such advancement was significantly associated with a decline in A1C.

CONCLUSIONS

Patients with type 2 diabetes who participated in diabetes education advanced through stages of change for self-care behaviors. The intervention was more effective for those with a shorter duration of diabetes.

The Diabetes Educator, Vol. 29, No. 1, 128-134 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/014572170302900117


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