David Edward Edelman

Journal article Prim Care Diabetes · April 2011 Featured Publication AIMS: Examine potential associations between inclusion of mid-level providers in United States Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care programs and diabetes control. METHODS: We established a cohort of diabetes patients (alive October 1, 1999) using the VA Diab ... Full text Link to item Cite

Is there a nonadherent subtype of hypertensive patient? A latent class analysis approach.

Journal article Patient Prefer Adherence · July 21, 2010 Featured Publication To determine subtypes of adherence, 636 hypertensive patients (48% White, 34% male) reported adherence to medications, diet, exercise, smoking, and home blood pressure monitoring. A latent class analysis approach was used to identify subgroups that adhere ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Medical clinics versus usual care for patients with both diabetes and hypertension: a randomized trial.

Journal article Ann Intern Med · June 1, 2010 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Group medical clinics (GMCs) are widely used in the management of diabetes and hypertension, but data on their effectiveness are limited. OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness of GMCs in the management of comorbid diabetes and hypertension. DESI ... Full text Link to item Cite

A new look at screening and diagnosing diabetes mellitus.

Journal article J Clin Endocrinol Metab · July 2008 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Diabetes is underdiagnosed. About one third of people with diabetes do not know they have it, and the average lag between onset and diagnosis is 7 yr. This report reconsiders the criteria for diagnosing diabetes and recommends screening criteria ... Full text Link to item Cite

Simultaneous control of intermediate diabetes outcomes among Veterans Affairs primary care patients.

Journal article J Gen Intern Med · October 2006 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend tight control of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and blood pressure (BP) for patients with diabetes. The degree to which these intermediate outcomes are simultaneously controlled has not ... Full text Link to item Cite

A multidimensional integrative medicine intervention to improve cardiovascular risk.

Journal article J Gen Intern Med · July 2006 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Integrative medicine is an individualized, patient-centered approach to health, combining a whole-person model with evidence-based medicine. Interventions based in integrative medicine theory have not been tested as cardiovascular risk-reductio ... Full text Link to item Cite

Veterans Affairs primary care organizational characteristics associated with better diabetes control.

Journal article Am J Manag Care · April 2005 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: To examine organizational features of Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care programs hypothesized to be associated with better diabetes control, as indicated by hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) levels. STUDY DESIGN: Cross-sectional cohort. METHODS: We establ ... Link to item Cite

Utility of hemoglobin A1c in predicting diabetes risk.

Journal article J Gen Intern Med · December 2004 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: There is controversy surrounding the issue of whether, and how, to screen adults for type 2 diabetes. Our objective was to measure the incidence of new diabetes among outpatients enrolled in a health care system, and to determine whether hemogl ... Full text Link to item Cite

APOE genotype is a risk factor for neuropathy severity in diabetic patients.

Journal article Neurology · March 25, 2003 Featured Publication This cross-sectional study tested the hypothesis that APOE genotype is a risk factor for diabetic neuropathy severity. A model with age, duration of diabetes, and APOE genotype was found to predict (p = 0.0083) severity on the Neuropathy Impairment Score i ... Full text Link to item Cite

Quality of care for patients diagnosed with diabetes at screening.

Journal article Diabetes Care · February 2003 Featured Publication OBJECTIVE: Screening for diabetes has the potential to be an effective intervention, especially if patients have intensive treatment of their newly diagnosed diabetes and comorbid hypertension. We wished to determine the process and quality of diabetes car ... Full text Link to item Cite

Screening for diabetes in an outpatient clinic population.

Journal article J Gen Intern Med · January 2002 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Opportunistic disease screening is the routine, asymptomatic disease screening of patients at the time of a physician encounter for other reasons. While the prevalence of unrecognized diabetes in community populations is well known, the prevale ... Full text Link to item Cite