Provider communication and patient participation in diabetes self-care.

Objective: To determine the effect size of provider communication about self-care and the provider's following treatment guidelines on the self-care behaviors of people with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM).

Methods: Data were from the TRIAD telephone surveys of Michigan patients in managed care with T2DM (n=1438). The survey asked about the patients' self-care and provider communication about blood glucose monitoring, exercise, foot care, flu vaccination and annual retina screening.