Strategies for improving participation in diabetes education. A qualitative study.

OBJECTIVE: Diabetes mellitus is highly prevalent and can lead to serious complications and mortality. Patient education can help to avoid negative outcomes, but up to half of the patients do not participate. The aim of this study was to analyze patients' attitudes towards diabetes education in...

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Main Authors: Ingmar Schäfer, Marc Pawels, Claudia Küver, Nadine Janis Pohontsch, Martin Scherer, Hendrik van den Bussche, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3986367?pdf=render