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Turning Points as Opportunities to Partner with Patients Living with type 2 Diabetes or Prediabetes

Christy J. W. Ledford, Carla L. Fisher, Lauren A. Cafferty, Jeremy T. Jackson, Dean A. Seehusen and Paul F. Crawford
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine March 2020, 33 (2) 211-219; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2020.02.190136
Christy J. W. Ledford
From the Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (CJWL); College of Journalism & Communications, UF Health Cancer Center, UF Health Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (CLF); Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Military Primary Care Research Network, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, Bethesda, MD (LAC, JTJ); Department of Family Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA (DAS); Department of Family Medicine, Nellis Family Medicine Residency, Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV (PFC).
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Carla L. Fisher
From the Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (CJWL); College of Journalism & Communications, UF Health Cancer Center, UF Health Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (CLF); Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Military Primary Care Research Network, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, Bethesda, MD (LAC, JTJ); Department of Family Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA (DAS); Department of Family Medicine, Nellis Family Medicine Residency, Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV (PFC).
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Lauren A. Cafferty
From the Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (CJWL); College of Journalism & Communications, UF Health Cancer Center, UF Health Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (CLF); Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Military Primary Care Research Network, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, Bethesda, MD (LAC, JTJ); Department of Family Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA (DAS); Department of Family Medicine, Nellis Family Medicine Residency, Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV (PFC).
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Jeremy T. Jackson
From the Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (CJWL); College of Journalism & Communications, UF Health Cancer Center, UF Health Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (CLF); Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Military Primary Care Research Network, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, Bethesda, MD (LAC, JTJ); Department of Family Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA (DAS); Department of Family Medicine, Nellis Family Medicine Residency, Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV (PFC).
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Dean A. Seehusen
From the Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (CJWL); College of Journalism & Communications, UF Health Cancer Center, UF Health Center for Arts in Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (CLF); Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Military Primary Care Research Network, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Family Medicine, Bethesda, MD (LAC, JTJ); Department of Family Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA (DAS); Department of Family Medicine, Nellis Family Medicine Residency, Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV (PFC).
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Paul F. Crawford
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    Table 1.

    Sample Demographics for Patients Interviewed between October 2016 and April 2017 in Augusta, Georgia, and Las Vegas, Nevada

    Full Sample (n = 33)Patients Living with Prediabetes (n = 11)Patients Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes (n = 22)
    Mean age55.64 (S.D. 8.17)54.27 (S.D. 8.20)56.32 (S.D. 8.26)
    Race/ethnicity
     Non-Hispanic white14 (42.4%)4 (36.4%)10 (45.5%)
     Hispanic white2 (6.1%)1 (9.1%)1 (4.5%)
     Non-Hispanic Black or African American11 (33.3%)4 (36.4%)7 (31.8%)
     Non-Hispanic Asian American or Pacific Islandera5 (15.2%)2 (18.2%)3 (13.6%)
     Hispanic Asian American or Pacific Islandera1 (3.0%)01 (4.5%)
    Gender
     Male16 (48.5%)3 (27.3%)13 (59.1%)
     Female17 (51.5%)8 (72.7%)9 (40.9%)
    Treatment modality
     Oral medication16 (48.5%)1 (9.1%)15 (68.2%)
     Oral and insulin5 (15.2%)05 (22.7%)
     None12 (36.4%)10 (90.9%)2 (9.1%)
    • SD, Standard deviation.

    • ↵a Including Thai, Filipino, and part Hawaiian.

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