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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181f94c16" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181f94c16</a>
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19
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Utilization of a reminder mailing to improve blood glucose log reporting in an outpatient diabetes clinic.
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American Journal of Therapeutics
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2012
2012-07
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Adult; Female; Male; Aged; Prospective Studies; Patient Compliance; Human; Middle Age; Retrospective Design; Mail; Reminder Systems; Ambulatory Care – Methods; Hypoglycemic Agents – Therapeutic Use; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring – Methods; Diabetes Mellitus – Drug Therapy
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Moorman JM; Frazee L A; Dillon ML; Chomo DL; Myers NA
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Self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG) offers a strategy used to achieve glycemic control in diabetic patients. However, if SMBG readings are unavailable to clinicians, this strategy will have a limited effect. This study assessed the impact of a reminder mailing on response rates to requests for SMBG logs. Patients were asked to mail completed SMBG logs to the clinic in 2 weeks. For the intervention, a reminder mailing was sent to each patient 1 week before SMBG logs were to be returned. Compliance rates pre and postinterventions were compared. The primary outcome was the percentage of all SMBG logs returned on time. Secondary outcomes included the percentage of SMBG logs returned, percentage fulfilled, percentage of clinic appointments kept, percentage of SMBG logs brought to follow-up appointments, and number of interventions made to antidiabetic therapy. Twenty SMBG requests were made in the preintervention cohort versus 19 in postintervention cohort. A trend toward more on time and fulfilled SMBG requests was observed post vs. preintervention. Overall return rates were similar between groups. A nonsignificant increase in clinic appointments kept and a nonsignificant decrease in interventions made were observed postintervention. Receipt of a reminder mail was not a significant predictor of patients bringing an SMBG log to follow-up appointments. In conclusion, the use of a reminder mail was not associated with an increase in the return rate of SMBG logs, although there were nonsignificant trends toward more on time and fulfilled SMBG logs received during the postintervention period.
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181f94c16" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181f94c16</a>
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2012
Adult
Aged
Ambulatory Care – Methods
American journal of therapeutics
Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring – Methods
Chomo DL
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Diabetes Mellitus – Drug Therapy
Dillon ML
Female
Frazee L A
Human
Hypoglycemic Agents – Therapeutic Use
Mail
Male
Middle Age
Moorman JM
Myers NA
NEOMED College of Medicine
NEOMED College of Pharmacy
Patient Compliance
Prospective Studies
Reminder Systems
Retrospective Design