Association of Metabolic Control With Problem-Solving Skills
- Felicia Hill-Briggs, PHD1 and
- Ruben J. Echemendia, PHD2
- 1Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
- 2Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania
Problem solving has been identified as a skill necessary for effective diabetes self-management (1) and as a training paradigm incorporated into diabetes education (2,3). However, relatively little has been reported about problem-solving skills among patients with diabetes. Self-management models describe steps in the problem-solving process that rely on reasoning, conceptualization, planning, mental flexibility, and sequencing/ability to proceed in an ordered fashion. In this study, a sample of adults with type 1 diabetes was examined to assess 1) performance on neuropsychological measures of problem solving and related skills relative to normative data and 2) the association between metabolic control and problem solving.
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