%0 Journal Article %A Paul Crawford %A Scott Wiltz %T Participation in the Journey to Life Conversation Map Improves Control of Hypertension, Diabetes, and Hypercholesterolemia %D 2015 %R 10.3122/jabfm.2015.06.140142 %J The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine %P 767-771 %V 28 %N 6 %X Background: The Diabetes Conversation Map program includes 4 “board game–like” education tools. We describe how the Journey to Life Conversation Map Education Class improves diabetes performance measures of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and blood pressure (BP).Methods: Retrospective case–control study in a military family medicine clinic from January 2007 to January 2010. We included 202 patients who completed ≥1 conversation map class and a comparison group of 209 patients who did not attend.Results: Attendees started with HbA1c 8.25 (95% confidence interval [CI], 7.86–8.64) and decreased to 6.96 (95% CI, 6.69–7.23). Patients in the comparison group started at 8.57 (95% CI, 8.18–8.95) and decreased to 8.27 (95% CI, 8.01–8.54) (P < .001). Attendees began with LDL of 111 mg/dL (95% CI, 103–119) and decreased to 94 mg/dL (95% CI, 81–106). Patients in the comparison group started at 89 mg/dL (95% CI, 81–98) and increased to 98 mg/dL (95% CI, 85–110) (P < .007). Systolic BP decreased 5.4 mmHg among attendees versus 0.8 mmHg among those in the comparison group (P = .014), whereas diastolic BP was unchanged (P = .110).Conclusion: The Journey to Life Healthy Interactions Conversation Map Education Class for diabetes improves diabetes performance measures. %U https://www.jabfm.org/content/jabfp/28/6/767.full.pdf