BACKGROUND Diabetic self-management is important for controlling the diabetes complications and promoting health-related quality of life in these patients. The objective of this study was to examine a hypothetical model regarding influences of sociostructural determinants, collaborative decision-making and patient's beliefs system on diabetes self-management. METHODS In a cross-sectional desc...

This paper tests a new method for encouraging Web survey respondents to complete a questionnaire once they have started it and, thus, reduce the number of breakoffs. This paper builds upon prior studies that have examined the effects of using feedback mechanisms in Web surveys to encourage questionnaire completion and breakoff reduction (Crawford, Couper, & Lamias, 2001; Couper, Traugott, & Lam...

The paper substantiates the expediency of applying educational projects as a means forming future energy engineers’ foreign language competence based on opportunities they provide to create an individual trajectory for learning and improve communication skills. author’s own definitions concept «project technologies», work» «educational project» have been formulated. efficiency creating professi...

The relevance of this article lies in the need to improve process developing competences future professionals develop self-employment skills under conditions socio-economic crisis and instability Ukrainian labour market. aims prove for systematic implementation self-education self-management technologies professional education schools entrepreneurship competence professionals. Research methods ...

Skin ageing has intrinsic signs and symptoms, often complicated by extrinsic photo-ageing symptoms and concurrent disease processes. It progresses with age but varies between individuals and its symptoms are numerous. Skin ageing has physical and psychosocial repercussions that can influence coping. Emollient therapy can help to reduce two symptoms--dryness and loss of the skin's barrier functi...

Smoking cessation is the only therapeutic intervention that can prevent COPD smokers from the chronic progression of their disorder. The most important intervention for helping these smokers to quit is a combination of counseling plus pharmacological treatment. The characteristics of the counseling should be different depending if this intervention is offered to smokers with a previous diagnosi...