title: Comparing perceived self-management practices of adult type 2 diabetic patients after completion of a structured ADA certified diabetes self-management education program with unstructured individualized nurse practitioner led diabetes self-management education.
abstract: The purpose was to compare perceived self-management practices of adult type 2 diabetic patients after completing an American Diabetes Association (ADA) certified diabetes self-management education (DSME) program with unstructured individualized nurse practitioner led DSME.
  
  
  
  Demographic questions and the Self-Care Inventory-Revised (SCIR) were given to two convenience sample patient groups comprising a formal DSME program group and a group within a clinical setting who received informal and unstructured individual education during patient encounters. A t-test was executed between the formal ADA certified education sample and the informal sample's SCI-R individual scores. A second t-test was performed between the two samples' SCI-R mean scores.
  
  
  
  A t-test determined no statistically significant difference between the formal ADA structured education and informal education samples' SCI-R individual scores. There was not a statistically significant difference between the samples' SCI-R mean scores.
  
  
  
  The study results suggest that there are not superior DSME settings and instructional approaches.
authors.affiliation: 100 Rolling Lane Columbia, KY, USA 42728. Electronic address: dwooley05@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dennis S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Wooley
authors.affiliation: University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Tracy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kinner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012648:Self Care
keywords: Diabetes self-management education