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Food insecurity is associated with hypoglycemia and poor diabetes self-management in a low-income sample with diabetes

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Seligman, Hilary K., Davis, Terry C., Schillinger, Dean, Wolf, Michael S.·2010·Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

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More than 14% of the American population is food insecure, or at risk of going hungry because of an inability to afford food. Food-insecure (FI) adults often reduce food intake or substitute inexpensive, energy-dense carbohydrates for healthier foods. We hypothesized these behaviors would predispose FI adults with diabetes to hypoglycemia and impaired diabetes self-management. We therefore assessed whether food insecurity was associated with multiple indicators of diabetes self-management (self-efficacy, medication- and glucose-monitoring adherence, hypoglycemia, or glycemic control) among 40 low-income adults with diabetes. Mean self-efficacy score was lower among FI than food-secure (FS) participants (34.4 vs. 41.2, p=.02). Food-insecure participants reported poorer adherence to blood glucose monitoring (RR=3.5, p=.008) and more hypoglycemia-related emergency department visits (RR=2.2, p=.007). Mean hemoglobin A1c was 9.2% among FI and 7.7% among FS participants (p=.08). Food insecurity is a barrier to diabetes self-management and a risk factor for clinically significant hypoglycemia.

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Authors
Seligman, H. K., Davis, T. C., Schillinger, D., & Wolf, M. S.
Affiliations
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
  • Louisiana State University (US)
  • San Francisco General Hospital (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
Venue
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
Publisher
Project MUSE
Published
2010-11
Volume
21
Issue
4
Pages
1227-1233
ISSN
  • 1049-2089 (ISSN-L)
  • 1548-6869
OpenAlex
W1530193861
Cited by
267
References
14
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FWCI
14.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Center for Research Resources (KL2RR024130)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
Keywords
food insecurity, diabetes mellitus, hypoglycemia, diabetes self-management, low-income adults, self-efficacy, medication adherence, blood glucose monitoring, glycemic control, HbA1c, emergency department visits
MeSH terms
Adult, Chicago, Diabetes Mellitus, Emergency Service, Hospital, Feeding Behavior, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Food Supply, Glycated Hemoglobin, Humans, Hunger, Hypoglycemia, Louisiana, Male, Poverty, Risk Factors, Self Care, Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring, Drug Monitoring, Self Efficacy

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