American Psychologist71.7 (Oct 2016): 539-551.
Diabetes is a chronic illness that places a significant self-management burden on affected individuals and families. Given the importance of health behaviors—such as medication adherence, diet, physical activity, blood glucose self-monitoring—in achieving optimal glycemic control in diabetes, interventions designed and delivered by psychologists hold promise in assisting children, adolescents, and adults with diabetes in improving their health status and lowering their risk of serious complications. This article first provides an overview of diabetes self-management and associated challenges and burdens. Socioeconomic status factors that may influence diabetes management and outcomes are briefly highlighted. We then review the evidence base for select psychosocial factors that may be implicated in diabetes self-management. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
American Psychologist71.7 (Oct 2016): 590-601.
As members of multidisciplinary diabetes care teams, psychologists are well-suited to support self-management among youth with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and their families. Psychological and behavioral interventions can promote adherence to the complex and demanding diabetes care regimen, with the goals of promoting high quality of life, achieving optimal glycemic control, and ultimately preventing disease-related complications. This article reviews well-researched contemporary behavioral interventions to promote optimal diabetes family- and self-management and health outcomes in youth with T1D, in the context of key behavioral theories. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
American Psychologist71.7 (Oct 2016): 614-627.
The majority of individuals with Type 2 diabetes (T2D) are overweight or obese, and this excess adiposity negatively impacts cardiovascular risk and contributes to challenges in disease management. Treatment of obesity by behavioral lifestyle intervention, within the context of diabetes, produces broad and clinically meaningful health improvements, and recent studies demonstrate long-term sustained weight management success with behavioral lifestyle interventions. Details of the Look AHEAD intensive lifestyle intervention are provided as an exemplar approach to the secondary prevention of T2D and obesity. The presence of behavior change expertise in the development and delivery of evidence-based behavioral weight control is discussed, and issues of adaptation and dissemination are raised, with a model to guide these important steps provided. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
There is an urgent need to work out the best threshold to balance the benefits and harms of treating women with high blood glucose levels during pregnancy, say researchers from the UK and Ireland. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
To synthesize the effects of theory-based self-management educational interventions on patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in randomized controlled trials. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Blog post. In a special issue of American Psychologist® entitled “Diabetes and Psychology,” researchers review the current and potential contributions of psychological science to the well-being of people with or at risk of developing diabetes, including the role of family and social connections, changing technology, behavioral intervention programs and identification and treatment of mental disorders associated with diabetes itself. For articles listed in the blog please contact the library to request a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
A major diabetes review has warned the NHS must do more to help patients, particularly those with learning disabilities, to self-manage the condition. Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you requesting.
Each local diabetic eye screening service is required to have a single collated list (SCL) of all people in the local population who are eligible for screening.
This guidance is to help commissioners and provider organisations manage incidents related to the SCL, including newly identified diabetic patients who were previously unknown to the screening service and should now be included on the list.
T1resources.uk has been co-created by healthcare professionals and people affected by type 1 diabetes. It brings the wealth of information available online into one place, where information can be searched and filtered. It aims to empower people to manage their diabetes themselves and encourage social networking in a supported manner. Resources include videos, guides, online forums and blogs.
This article explores local barriers to diabetic foot ulcer healing, and describes the use of a dressing designed to manage exudate, infection and biofilm (AQUACEL® Ag+ dressing (AQAg+)) on recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers. The authors consider four case studies that demonstrate how managing local barriers to wound healing with antimicrobial and anti-biofilm dressings in protocols of care can improve outcomes for patients. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
NEWS The work of nurses has been highlighted in a major diabetes review that warns the NHS must do more to help patients self-manage their condition. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Question:
How does negative pressure wound therapy compare with moist (non-gauze) dressings for treating foot wounds in people with diabetes mellitus?
Clinical Answer:
There is randomized controlled trial evidence to support the use of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) over the use of moist, non-gauze, dressings in the treatment of diabetic people with foot wounds. However, the evidence is low-quality and firm conclusions cannot be drawn.
Today we've launched our review exploring the quality of care for people with diabetes in England.
My diabetes, my care highlights that – while there are many examples of where diabetes care is working well – people are not always supported to self-manage their condition in a way that is suited to them as an individual.
CQC talked to people with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes aged between 18 and 65 about their experiences as well as with commissioners, providers and staff across the country about how community diabetes care is delivered.
To explore the experiences of diagnosis and education for people living with Type 2 diabetes who have sub-optimal glycemic control.
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Potatoes are commonly consumed in the USA and European countries. In the USA, it accounts for ∼21% of all vegetable consumption.1 Potatoes are considered as a healthy vegetable in the National Guideline of Healthy Eating established by the Department of Agriculture2 and as an eligible vegetable by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Programme for women, infants and children by the Institute of Medicine.3 The health effects of potatoes on cardiometabolic health, however, remain inconclusive, because potatoes are high in both high glycaemic carbohydrate and potassium. To address the critical data gap, the present study by Muraki et al aimed to comprehensively and prospectively investigate the association between potato consumption and incident risk of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The present study aimed to verify the effectiveness of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in patients with non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes (T2D). Open Access Article