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Mindfulness meditation helped veterans with diabetes management
Key clinical point: Mindfulness meditation can be incorporated to diabetes education at minimal cost. Major finding: By the end of the 3-month...
ORLANDO – A small, 3-month feasibility study, conducted at the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, showed that teaching patients mindfulness meditation was associated with a 41% drop in their diabetes-related stress, and a roughly 1% drop in their hemoglobin A1c.
In a video interview, Monica DiNardo, Ph.D., a nurse practitioner and diabetes educator at the VA Pittsburgh, discusses the study’s findings and the implications on caring for patients with diabetes.
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