The effect of health education on the rate of ophthalmic examinations among African Americans with diabetes mellitus.
Am J Public Health
; 89(12): 1878-82, 1999 Dec.
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OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated a multicomponent educational intervention to increase ophthalmic examination rates among African Americans with diabetes. METHODS: A randomized trial was conducted with 280 African Americans with diabetes, enrolled from outpatient departments of 5 medical centers in the New York City metropolitan area, who had not had a dilated retinal examination within 14 months of randomization (65.7% female, mean age = 54.7 years [SD = 12.8 years]). RESULTS: After site differences were controlled, the odds ratio for receiving a retinal examination associated with the intervention was 4.3 (95% confidence interval = 2.4, 7.8). The examination rate pooled across sites was 54.7% in the intervention group and 27.3% in the control group. CONCLUSIONS: The intervention was associated with a rate of ophthalmic examination double the rate achieved with routine medical care.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Oftalmoscopía
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Negro o Afroamericano
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Aceptación de la Atención de Salud
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Educación en Salud
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Retinopatía Diabética
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Evaluation_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Public Health
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos