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Computerized assessment of diabetes patient education

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A computerized health education assessment program, designed to capture data on patient's knowledge of diabetes self-care, is described. Feedback to the patient and professional is provided by a computer-generated educational prescription. The data base accumulated on individual patient's responses to test questions can be used to evaluate various aspects of the teaching program. By linking pooled assessment data with clinical parameters, regression studies can be carried out to ascertain the impact the training program has had both on compliance and in preventing or reducing the incidence of complications.

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  1. Department of Medicine, California College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine

    Leona V. Miller M.D., Jack Goldstein B.A., M.M.E. & Gary Nicolaisen B.S.

  2. Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, California

    Leona V. Miller M.D., Jack Goldstein B.A., M.M.E. & Gary Nicolaisen B.S.

  3. School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

    Leona V. Miller M.D., Jack Goldstein B.A., M.M.E. & Gary Nicolaisen B.S.

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Miller, L.V., Goldstein, J. & Nicolaisen, G. Computerized assessment of diabetes patient education. J Med Syst 2, 233–240 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02222284

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