TY - JOUR
T1 - Diabetes translation research
T2 - Where are we and where do we want to be?
AU - Narayan, K. M.Venkat
AU - Benjamin, Evan
AU - Gregg, Edward W.
AU - Norris, Susan L.
AU - Engelgau, Michael M.
PY - 2004/6/1
Y1 - 2004/6/1
N2 - Translation research transforms currently available knowledge into useful measures for everyday clinical and public health practice. We review the progress in diabetes translation research and identify future challenges and opportunities in this field. Several promising interventions to optimize implementation of efficacious diabetes treatments are available. Many of these interventions, singly or in combination, need to be more formally tested in larger randomized or quasi-experimental practical trials using outcomes of special interest to patients (for example, patient satisfaction and quality of life) and policymakers (for example, cost and cost-effectiveness). The long-term outcomes (such as morbidity, mortality, quality of life, and costs) of strategies aimed at improving diabetes care must be assessed. Translation research also needs to incorporate ways of studying complex systems of care. The challenges and opportunities offered by translation research are tremendous.
AB - Translation research transforms currently available knowledge into useful measures for everyday clinical and public health practice. We review the progress in diabetes translation research and identify future challenges and opportunities in this field. Several promising interventions to optimize implementation of efficacious diabetes treatments are available. Many of these interventions, singly or in combination, need to be more formally tested in larger randomized or quasi-experimental practical trials using outcomes of special interest to patients (for example, patient satisfaction and quality of life) and policymakers (for example, cost and cost-effectiveness). The long-term outcomes (such as morbidity, mortality, quality of life, and costs) of strategies aimed at improving diabetes care must be assessed. Translation research also needs to incorporate ways of studying complex systems of care. The challenges and opportunities offered by translation research are tremendous.
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U2 - 10.7326/0003-4819-140-11-200406010-00037
DO - 10.7326/0003-4819-140-11-200406010-00037
M3 - Article
C2 - 15172921
AN - SCOPUS:2542450986
SN - 0003-4819
VL - 140
SP - 958
EP - 963
JO - Annals of internal medicine
JF - Annals of internal medicine
IS - 11
ER -