Trial Information

Computer-Assisted Cancer Risk Behavior Counseling

Patients are randomized into one of three groups. Before a single visit with diabetes care
provider, the patient is called to answer interview questions about their health, diabetic
care and behavior habits. After a patient visits with their doctor, they are called again to
answer question about the visit they just had. If a patient is place into group A or B,
based on their answers to the questions they are mailed a printed report before their doctor
visit. The report will indicate how things are going the patient's diabetic care and
recommended questions to ask his/her health care provided about diabetes. Group A feedback
report will emphasize the risks from diabetes and the feedback reports for Group B will
emphasize things to do to protect oneself from problems from having diabetes. Participants
randomized to Group C will only receive printed reports after a doctors visit. No extra
visit will be scheduled with the participants doctor, no travel is required, no blood tests
are required and ther doctor will not be involved in the study unless the study participant
chooses to discuss it with his/her doctor.