Patient outcomes of a clinician curriculum on how to deliver a diabetes diagnosis.

Aims: To investigate the effects of a curriculum that teaches medical decision making and interpersonal communication in the context of prediabetes (preDM) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Methods: This evaluation was an active-controlled trial of 56 patients, including patients who received their diagnosis from intervention-trained clinicians or a control group. Patients attended a research appointment for informed consent and collection of baseline measures.

Exploring patient perspectives of prediabetes and diabetes severity: a qualitative study.

This qualitative study sought to identify and describe patients' variant perceptions of disease severity after receiving a type 2 diabetes (T2DM) or prediabetes (preDM) diagnosis. Researchers interviewed 29 patients from two US medical centers to ascertain perceptions of severity. We used the constant comparative method from a grounded theory approach to identify themes from patients' perspectives that inform their disease severity.

Applying the chronic care model to prenatal care: Patient activation, productive interactions, and prenatal outcomes.

Objective: To demonstrate how the chronic care model can be applied in prenatal care.

Methods: This study was conducted through analysis of data generated in the women's health and family medicine departments of one community hospital and two medical centers across three states (Georgia, Nevada, and Virginia). 159 low-risk obstetric patients were monitored throughout their pregnancy for patient activation and biometric measures including: blood pressure at each appointment, baby's gestational age at birth, and mode of delivery.

Unexpected Effects of a System-Distributed Mobile Application in Maternity Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: As pregnant mothers increasingly engage in shared decision making regarding prenatal decisions, such as induction of labor, the patient's level of activation may influence pregnancy outcomes. One potential tool to increase patient activation in the clinical setting is mobile applications. However, research is limited in comparing mobile apps with other modalities of patient education and engagement tools.