Future Hospital Programme case study comes from King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. It explores the need to integrate both psychological and social interventions into diabetes care for patients with complex psychological needs.
While these findings warrant further study, they are not proof that titanium dioxide causes diabetes. With so few samples tested, any differences between samples with and without diabetes could be due to chance.
Even if it is confirmed that levels of titanium dioxide are higher in people with diabetes, this doesn't necessarily mean titanium dioxide caused the condition.
And even if future evidence suggests titanium dioxide may be a risk factor for diabetes, there is no evidence that toothpaste is to blame.
The study found that people who said they'd experienced workplace bullying or violence had an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with those who didn't report any bullying or violence.
Difficulty in sleeping is associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a study published in Diabetologia has found. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens
A study by Glasgow University has added weight to assertions that type 1 and type 2 diabetes can affect birth outcomes.
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Objectives To examine the prevalence of the willingness of patients with diabetes to use a self-management tool based on information and communication technology (ICT) such as personal computers, smartphones, and mobile phones; and to examine the patient characteristics associated with that willingness. Open Access Article
While metformin may have potential as an aid for people needing to maintain weight loss in future, the study reminds us that in the original 1-year trial, the most successful weight-loss treatment was the diet and exercise plan.
The author presents her thoughts on why community nurses should encourage self-management among diabetes patients due to the impact of the disease on all aspects of daily life. She states that the National Health Services providing the comprehensive care necessary for all diabetics is unsustainable, calling on the training and education of patients to self-manage.
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Depression often goes hand in hand with a diabetes diagnosis, but mental health support is sorely lacking. More than six out of ten people with diabetes sometimes or often feel down due to the long-term condition, according to Diabetes UK. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details. SSOTP (legacy account) - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Health systems invest in diabetes quality improvement (QI) programmes to reduce the gap between research evidence of optimal care and current care.1 Examples of commonly used QI strategies in diabetes include programmes to measure and report quality of care (ie, audit and feedback initiatives), implementation of clinician and patient education, and reminder systems. A recent systematic review of randomised trials of QI programmes indicates that they can successfully improve quality of diabetes care and patient outcomes.2 Changes in surrogate markers such as blood glucose control, blood pressure or cholesterol levels are used to measure QI intervention effectiveness.2
However, investments in QI strategies are only worthwhile if the programmes that effectively improve care are sustained after trial completion.3. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
There is a growing emphasis on the perspective of individuals living with diabetes and the need for a more person-centred diabetes care. At present, the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR) lacks patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) based on the perspective of the patient. As a basis for a new PROM, the aim of this study was to describe important aspects in life for adult individuals with diabetes. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
Diabulimia has become a common term used to describe a condition when a person with type 1 diabetes has an eating disorder. The individual may omit or restrict their insulin dose to lose/control weight. Evidence suggests that as many as 20% of women with type 1 diabetes may have this condition. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
Diabulimia has become a common term used to describe a condition when a person with type 1 diabetes has an eating disorder. The individual may omit or restrict their insulin dose to lose/control weight. Evidence suggests that as many as 20% of women with type 1 diabetes may have this condition. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Just one session of interval weight training can improve blood vessel function and reduce the risk of complications in people with type 2 diabetes, say US researchers. Login using your SSOTP NHS Athens for full text. SSSFT - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Type 2 diabetes can be reversed following an intensive weight management programme, according a randomised trial in adults who have had the condition for up to 6 years, published in The Lancet.
The study showed that after 1 year, participants had lost an average of 10kg, and nearly half had reverted to a non-diabetic state without using any diabetes treatment. The findings lend support to the widespread use of this type of intervention in the routine care of type 2 diabetes across health services.
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The study generally shows that lifestyle weight management programmes can help obese people lose weight and improve their diabetes control. However, it highlights a "real world" problem of how many people would be willing to stick to the rules of the programme. In this study less than 10% of people referred successfully completed it and experienced benefits over the 3 years.
Weight increase during the first year of an infant’s life is positively associated with the risk of developing type 1 diabetes, an analysis of two large Scandinavian birth cohorts has found. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens