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The role of physicians' knowledge and attitudes in effective diabetes management

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  • Weinberger, Morris
  • Cohen, Stuart J.
  • Mazzuca, Steven A.

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We examined the role of physicians' knowledge and attitudes in effective diabetes management among internal medicine house staff. We examined the extent to which (1) knowledge of common diabetes management strategies and (2) beliefs about the efficacy of, and intentions to engage in, such strategies predict success in their management of patients with diabetes. Successful managers are those house staff whose ambulatory diabetes patients' fasting blood sugar levels were lower than the clinic median. Knowledge was assessed with a written case simulation of an obese noninsulin-dependent woman; beliefs and intentions were surveyed through a self-administered questionnaire. The data suggest that knowledge was unable to discriminate physicians who are relatively successful in controlling their patient's blood sugar levels from those who are less successful. However using intentions related to initial and follow-up management strategies and beliefs about the benefits of achieving euglycemia, there was discrimination between the two physician groups (P

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  • Weinberger, Morris & Cohen, Stuart J. & Mazzuca, Steven A., 1984. "The role of physicians' knowledge and attitudes in effective diabetes management," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 19(9), pages 965-969, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:19:y:1984:i:9:p:965-969
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