Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2017 in the subject
Health - Nursing Science - Nursing Management, grade: 58.00, language:
English, abstract: The purpose of this scholarly project is to examine
the effects of motivational interviewing (MI), on T2DM patient adherence
to A1c testing. The overarching research question for this scholarly
project is as follows: In adult patients (18 years and older) with T2DM
located in a southern Mississippi outpatient setting, what are the
effects (if any) of motivational interviewing on patients' adherence to
recommended A1c testing? Diabetes mellitus (DM) is worldwide epidemic
and is the leading cause of poor health, physical disabilities and
premature death. Globally, 422 million people were diagnosed with
diabetes in 2014, and over 1.5 million people died from diabetes-related
complications (World Health Organization, 2016). In the United States
(U.S.), diabetes was the cause of over 74.9 thousand deaths and 1.85
million disability years lived in 2013. The widespread presence rate of
type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in the U.S. is estimated to reach 44 million by
2034. Presently, nearly 25.8 million adults and children have diabetes,
with T2DM being more prevalent in Latinos, African Americans, Asian
Americans, Native Americans, other Pacific Islanders and Native
Hawaiians (World Health Organization, 2016).
