A Decision-Support Software to Improve the Standard Care in Chinese Type 2 Diabetes

The effect of family-centered care on adherence to treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes

Background: Due to the prevalence of mortality due to complications of diabetes, this disease has focused on the health system.The family as the most basic pillar of society is responsible for the proper care of the patient with diabetes. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of family-based care on adherence to treatment in type 2 diabetic patients. Materials & Methods: In quasi...

Adherence to Treatment Based on Social Support and Coping Strategies in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

Background: According to the growing prevalence of type 2 diabetes, the present study aimed to predict adherence to treatment based on social support variables and coping strategies to reduce the severity of this disease. Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional study, 392 men and women with type 2 diabetes were evaluated using purposeful and convenient sampling. Wax social support and t...

Does the Belgian diabetes type 2 care trajectory improve quality of care for diabetes patients?

BACKGROUND The Belgian care trajectory (CT) for diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM), implemented in September 2009, aims at providing integrated, evidence-based, multidisciplinary patient- centred care, based on the chronic care model. The research project ACHIL (Ambulatory Care Health Information Laboratory) studied the adherence of CT patients, in the early phases of CT programme implementation, ...

Trial of Decision Support to Improve Diabetes Outcomes

Computerised decision-support tools in diabetes care: hurdles to implementation.

In this Diabetes Information Technology & WebWatch column hurdles to the use of computerised decision-support tools in clinical diabetes care will be considered. The clinical background with respect to insulin-dependent (type 1) diabetes mellitus and the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial is reviewed, and an overview is given of various computer applications. The use of decision-support t...