PMID- 29966185
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190903
LR  - 20191117
IS  - 2208-7958 (Electronic)
VI  - 47
IP  - 6
DP  - 2018 Jun
TI  - Patient-directed reminders to improve preventive care in general practice for 
      patients with type 2 diabetes: A proof of concept.
PG  - 383-388
LID - 10.31128/AJGP-10-17-4353 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Preventive care in general practice is fundamental to 
      managing the Australian diabetes epidemic. Recommended preventive care is 
      nonetheless underperformed. The aim of this pilot study was to demonstrate proof 
      of concept that pre-consultation patient-directed reminders could improve 
      preventive care in general practice. METHOD: Over two weeks, four general 
      practices used a special software tool to generate reminder sheets listing 
      recommended checks for a subset of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). 
      The sheets were given to patients before their consultations. The number of 
      checks performed was compared for patients who did and did not receive reminders. 
      General practitioners (GPs) were interviewed about the reminders and chronic 
      disease management. RESULTS: Patients who received reminders had more recommended 
      checks performed than those who did not receive reminders. GPs found the 
      reminders useful but suggested that broader system changes are required. 
      DISCUSSION: Pre-consultation patient-directed reminders could potentially be an 
      effective tool to increase preventive care for patients with T2DM in 
      general practice.
FAU - Kumar, Shyam
AU  - Kumar S
AD  - BBiomed, medical student, Department of Medical Education, University of 
      Melbourne, Vic.
FAU - Woodward-Kron, Robyn
AU  - Woodward-Kron R
AD  - BA, MA, MA, PhD, Assoc Prof, Department of Medical Education, University of 
      Melbourne, Vic.
FAU - Frank, Oliver
AU  - Frank O
AD  - PhD, MBBS, Senior Research Fellow, Discipline of General Practice, University of 
      Adelaide, SA.
FAU - Knieriemen, Anton
AU  - Knieriemen A
AD  - MBBS, Director, Doctors Control Panel Services, Melbourne, Vic.
FAU - Lau, Phyllis
AU  - Lau P
AD  - BPharm, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Department of General Practice, University 
      of Melbourne, Vic. plau@unimelb.edu.au.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Australia
TA  - Aust J Gen Pract
JT  - Australian journal of general practice
JID - 101718099
SB  - IM
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/psychology/*therapy
MH  - General Practice/instrumentation/methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Preventive Medicine/methods
MH  - Reminder Systems/*instrumentation/trends
EDAT- 2018/07/04 06:00
MHDA- 2019/09/04 06:00
CRDT- 2018/07/03 06:00
PHST- 2018/07/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/07/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/09/04 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.31128/AJGP-10-17-4353 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Aust J Gen Pract. 2018 Jun;47(6):383-388. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-10-17-4353.