New Survey Explores the Impact of Insulin Injections and Communications Between Patients and Healthcare... (etes educators. Physicians were recruite...)

New Survey Explores the Impact of Insulin Injections and Communications Between Patients and Healthcare Providers

Date:8/7/2008

etes educators. Physicians were recruited from the American Medical Association (AMA) physician list. Data from the patient and physician surveys were weighted as necessary to be representative of the respective populations. No estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated; a full methodology is available.

Questions were developed by an Injection Impact Report Discussion Group, consisting of diabetes educators, endocrinologists, primary care physicians and patients. For more information on the Injection Impact Report, visit http://www.injectionimpact.com.

About the American Association of Diabetes Educators

The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) is a multi-disciplinary group of more than 12,000 members dedicated to advancing the practice of diabetes self-management training as an integral component of health care for persons with diabetes, and lifestyle management for the prevention of diabetes. For more information, visit http://www.diabeteseducator.org.

The Injection Impact Report was made possible by an educational grant from Patton Medical Devices. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Patton Medical Devices is committed to being the number one provider of medical devices and supplies for individuals living with diabetes by offering high quality patient-focused solutions and legendary customer service. For more information, visit http://www.pattonmd.com.

(1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National Diabetes Fact Sheet: United States, 2007. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/pdf/ndfs_2007.pdf Accessed July 28, 2008.

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