Research Results

Systematic Reviews of the AADE7™ Self-Care Behaviors

In response to the rising burden of diabetes in the United States, and the evolution and advancement of the effective strategies to help patients' modify important self-care behaviors, AADE commissioned systematic reviews addressing AADE's seven self-care behaviors:

Diabetes and Healthy Eating

Rachel Clare Povey, PhD and David Clark-Carter, PhD, MEd

Link to Diabetes and Healthy Eating: A Commentary by Marion J. Franz, MS, RD, CDE

Interventions for Being Active Among Individuals with Diabetes  

Jan Kavookjian, PhD, MBA; Betsy M. Elswick, PharmD; Tara Whetsel, PharmD

Link to Being Active: A Commentary by Sheri R. Colberg, PhD

Does Patient Blood Glucose Monitoring Improve Diabetes Control?

Lisa McAndrew, MS; Stephen H. Schneider, MD; Edith Burns, MD; Howard Leventhal, PhD

Link to Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose: A Commentary by Martha Mitchell Funnell, MS, RN, CDE

Medication Taking and Diabetes

Peggy Soule Odegard, PharmD, BCPS, CDE; Kam Capoccia, PharmD, BCPS

Link to Medication Taking: A Commentary by Nancy Letassy, PharnD, CDE

Problem Solving in Diabetes Self-management and Control

Felicia Hill-Briggs, PhD; Leigh Gemmell, PhD

Link to Problem Solving: A Commentary by Donna Tomky, MSN, RN, C-NP, CDE

Healthy Coping, Negative Emotions, and Diabetes Management

Edwin B. Fisher, PhD; Carolyn T. Thorpe, MPH, PhD; Brenda McEvoy DeVellis, PhD; Robert F. DeVellis, PhD

Link to Exploring Healthy Coping Behaviors in Diabetes Self-Management: A Commentary by Leonard Jack, Jr. PhD, MSc

Reducing Risks in Diabetes Self-management

Suzanne Austin Boren, PhD, MHA; Teira L. Gunlock, MHA; Judith Schaefer, MPH; Ann Albright, PhD, RD

Link to Reducing Risks in Diabetes Self-management: A Commentary by Gail D'Eramo Melkus, EdD, C-NP, CDE, FAAN

Editorial: AADE7™ Self-Care Behaviors

Fact Sheet: AADE7™ Self-Care Behaviors

 

AADE Foundation Funded Research Projects

AADE issues Requests for Applications (RFA) on topics relating to diabetes education. Past grants were awarded to examine barriers in diabetes education and evaluate innovative approaches to improving self-care behavior in managing T1D or T2D or a related condition.

Access to Diabetes Education: Conducted by Mark Peyrot, PhD.

This project investigated factors that relate to patients' ability to access diabetes self management education. It involves three study populations, physicians, diabetes educators and diabetes patients.  Study Overview.