Research Results
Assessing the Value of Diabetes Education
A study of three years of claims data from commercial (employee and dependent) insurance and
Medicare plans that reflect care of 634,645 individuals with diabetes found that people with
diabetes who received diabetes education have lower average health care costs than patients who do
not participate in diabetes education.
Abstract
Appendices
Costs and Benefits Associated with Diabetes Education
This article presents an overview of published literature about the economic benefits and costs associated with diabetes education.
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:
Editorial: AADE7™
Self-Care Behaviors
Summary/Fact Sheet:
AADE7™ 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
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.
A Comparison of Dosing Accuracy: Visually Impaired and Sighted People Using Insulin Pens
Ann S. Williams, PhD, RN, CDE
Reforming Approaches to Diabetes Education
Martha Schekel, PhD, RN
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.