PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND: The relationship between risk perceptions and diabetes self-care remains ambiguous. This study aimed to assess baseline, 1-year follow-up, and change score relationships among perceived risk, diabetes self-care, and glycemic control for adult individuals participating in abehavioral intervention that improved glycemic control relative to the active control. METHOD: One-year randomized trial compared a behavioral telephonic intervention with a print only intervention. Participants (N = 526) are members of a union/employer sponsored health benefit plan, with HbA(1c) ≥ 7.5 %, prescribed at least one oral diabetes medication. Participants rated perceived risk of diabetes and its complications and diabetes self-care at baseline and 1 year. Data were collected in a large urban area in the USA. RESULTS: There were no relationships between risk perceptions and glycemic control during the study. Baseline perceived risk predicted follow-up self-care. Additionally, participants assigned to the intervention group showed significant changes in dietary and exercise adherence at high levels of risk knowledge and low levels of optimistic bias. CONCLUSION: Perceived risk relates to dietary, exercise, and medication adherence in diabetes. The perceived risk construct might foster a more coherent conceptualization of the relationship between one's diabetes, possible complications, and diabetes self-care behaviors.
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PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND: The relationship between risk perceptions and diabetes self-care remains ambiguous. This study aimed to assess baseline, 1-year follow-up, and change score relationships among perceived risk, diabetes self-care, and glycemic control for adult individuals participating in a behavioral intervention that improved glycemic control relative to the active control. METHOD: One-year randomized trial compared a behavioral telephonic intervention with a print only intervention. Participants (N = 526) are members of a union/employer sponsored health benefit plan, with HbA(1c) ≥ 7.5 %, prescribed at least one oral diabetes medication. Participants rated perceived risk of diabetes and its complications and diabetes self-care at baseline and 1 year. Data were collected in a large urban area in the USA. RESULTS: There were no relationships between risk perceptions and glycemic control during the study. Baseline perceived risk predicted follow-up self-care. Additionally, participants assigned to the intervention group showed significant changes in dietary and exercise adherence at high levels of risk knowledge and low levels of optimistic bias. CONCLUSION: Perceived risk relates to dietary, exercise, and medication adherence in diabetes. The perceived risk construct might foster a more coherent conceptualization of the relationship between one's diabetes, possible complications, and diabetes self-care behaviors.
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