Does a Personalized Health Portal for Diabetes Retinal Imaging Positively Affect Motivational Readiness to Change

Abstract

The trans-theoretical model (TTM) of behavior change has been used successfully to describe explain and predict clinical outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) exposed to various educational interventions. This study hypothesized that individuals with T2D who are in the pre contemplation, contemplation, or preparation (pre-action) stages for regular self-management, exercise, smoking and carbohydrate counting and who view their own retinal images via a web portal as part of diabetes opththalmologic screening will progress to a higher stage off change, increase their pros of changing, decrease their cons of changing, and increase self-efficacy in managing their symptoms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2012
Accession Number
AD1049840

Entities

People

  • Kathleen Connolly
  • Sven-erik Bursell

Organizations

  • University of HawaiĘ»i System

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Databases
  • Diabetes
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Education
  • Eye Diseases
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Institutional Review Board
  • Medical Personnel
  • Metabolic Diseases
  • Ophthalmology
  • Retinal Diseases
  • Surveys
  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Vascular Diseases

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