Helping Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Make Treatment Decisions.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Weymiller, Audrey J.; Montori, Victor M.; Jones, Lesley A.; Gafni, Amiram; Guyatt, Gordon H.; Bryant, Sandra C.; Christianson, Teresa H.; Mullan, Rebecca J.; Smith, Steven A.
- Source
- Archives of Internal Medicine. 5/28/2007, Vol. 167 Issue 10, p1076-1082. 7p. 3 Diagrams, 2 Charts.
- Subject
- *TREATMENT of diabetes
*CLINICAL trials
*DECISION making
*STATINS (Cardiovascular agents)
*ANTICHOLESTEREMIC agents
*ENZYME inhibitors
- Language
- ISSN
- 0003-9926
The article reports on a study in which determined the impact of a decision aid about statins on treatment decision making in 98 patients with diabetes. A cluster randomized trial of decision aid versus control pamphlet was conducted. Results indicated that a decision aid improved decision making about statins and may have favorably the patients’ drug adherence.