@entity6 is a prevalent chronic health condition associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Those with @entity6 must acquire self-efficacy in the tasks necessary for them to successfully manage their disease. In this study, a controlled pre- and post-design was used to determine the effect of an adult support and education group visit program embedded in an urban academic family medicine practice on weight and the achievement of treatment goals for hemoglobin @entity3916 , low-density lipoprotein (LDL) blood concentration, and blood pressure (BP) several months after it was implemented. @entity1 in the program were matched to a comparison group based on age, gender, race/ethnicity, and @entity10688 code group, a surrogate marker for socioeconomic status. The distribution of demographic characteristics and co-morbidities was similar between the groups. Significant increases occurred in the proportion of @entity1 achieving both an @entity3916 concentration <7% (CMH=4.6613, p   =   0.0309) while controlling for baseline @entity16282 concentration, and a BP<140/90  mm Hg (CMH=5.61, p   =   0.018) controlling for baseline BP compared to the comparison group. The hemoglobin @entity3916 concentration declined in 76.9% of the @entity1 in the group visit program compared to 54.3% in the comparison group (CMH=8.9911, p   =   0.0027). The increase in the proportion of group visit @entity1 achieving the target LDL concentrations did not achieve statistical significance. The proportion of @entity1 who lost weight was similar to that in the comparison group. Early experience with the program was encouraging and suggested it may improve @entity1 ' management of their @entity6 in an urban, predominantly African American population.

The effects of a group visit program on outcomes of XXXX care in an urban family practice.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients', 'Participants'] @entity16282 :: ('MESH:D058540', 'Disease') :: ['AIC'] @entity3916 :: ('c|SUB|A|1|C', 'DNAMutation') :: ['A1C'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes', 'Diabetes mellitus', 'diabetes mellitus'] @entity10688 :: ('1613', 'Gene') :: ['zip']
@entity6 :: (MESH:D003920,Disease) :: ['diabetes']
