background: despite the benefits of diabetes patient education, it is imperative to analyze the status of researches in this field and identify research gaps and priorities if our limited health resources are to be used wisely and effectively. this study is a part of iran diabetes research roadmap study to find the knowledge gap in the field of diabetes patient education in iran. methods: all p...

Providing concise, consistent, and individually relevant patient education is critical. At one institution, patients and families attended a chemotherapy education class consisting of an 11-minute DVD and an oncology nurse-facilitated group discussion. Postclass and eight-week follow-up surveys assessing understanding of treatment side effects, self-care management, and confidence in managing s...

Aim: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is becoming of increasing concern worldwide in terms of individual and societal grounds. Half of diabetics don’t know they have diabetes and about 4 out of 5 diabetics live in low and middle income countries. DM is boosted by the increase in overweight, obesity and physical inactivity. Our aim was to review the latest trends in diabetes control and management in orde...

Individuals with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes who are managed with insulin are at risk for developing hypoglycemia, a significant consequence of insulin therapy. Symptoms of hypoglycemia develop rapidly and the condition can be life threatening. It is imperative that the inpatient team, including the orthopaedic nurse, is able to recognize the signs and symptoms, respond appropriately, and preven...

Despite increasing rate of diabetes, no standard self-management education protocol has been developed in Iran. We designed Persian Diabetes Self-Management Education (PDSME) program using intervention mapping. Effectiveness of program was assessed in newly diagnosed people with type 2 diabetes and those who had received little self-management education. Individuals aged 18 and older (n = 350) ...

BACKGROUND Pain is one of the most frequent and distressing symptoms in cancer patients. For the majority of the patients, sufficient pain relief can be obtained if adequate treatment is provided. However, pain remains often undertreated due to institutional, health care professional and patient related barriers. Patients self management skills are affected by the patients' knowledge, activitie...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to evaluate how the benefits of online continuing medical education (CME) provided to health care professionals traveled along a patient "educational chain". In this study, the educational chain begins with the influence that CME can have on the quality of health care, with subsequent influence on patient knowledge, disease self-management, and disease bioma...

Background: Type 1 diabetes is one of the chronic metabolic disorders among children and adolescents. Peers are also important units in diabetes management through adolescence. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of peer-based intervention in managing type 1 diabetes mellitus among children and adolescents.   Methods: Searching articles published prior to December 2013 in Pub...