INTRODUCTION Past studies of network meta-analysis focused on evaluating drug combinations in treating type 2 diabetes but not on evaluating antidiabetic drugs in monotherapy. Clinical guidelines (eg, NICE (National Institute of Health and Care Excellence) clinical guidelines 66 and 87) were based only on the findings of individual clinical trials and pairwise meta-analysis in evaluating monoth...

BACKGROUND The association between obesity and type 2 diabetes has been well documented in epidemiological studies. Patients with type 2 diabetes have a higher body weight than control populations. Relatively few studies, however, have examined the prevalence of obesity in a cohort of hospitalized type 2 diabetes mellitus patients using an electronic health records database. This study measured...

Diabetes patients are increasing in number so it is necessary to predict , treat and diagnose the disease. Data Mining can help to provide knowledge about this disease. The knowledge extracted using Data Mining can help in treating and preventing the disease. Artificial Neural Network (ANN) can be used to create an classifier from the data. The neural network is trained using backpropagation al...

Defying expectations, typical electronic health record (EHR) use in practices belonging to a primary care network has been associated with poorer diabetes care quality and outcomes. Current expansion of primary care EHR implementation must focus on use that improves care.

T he American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) takes seriously its mission of driving practice to promote healthy living through self-management of diabetes and related chronic conditions. At the center of the organization are diabetes educators ready to move forward and explore possibilities for new programs and product development, along with continuing efforts to improve existing ser...

Appropriate assessment and management of diabetes-related foot ulcers (DRFUs) is essential to reduce amputation risk. Management requires debridement, wound dressing, pressure off-loading, good glycaemic control and potentially antibiotic therapy and vascular intervention. As a minimum, all DRFUs should be managed by a doctor and a podiatrist and/or wound care nurse. Health professionals unable...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Fourfactors have been linked with self-care behaviors in patients with type 2 diabetes: (1) patient demographics, (2) doctor-patient relationship, (3) stress, and (4) social context. This study determined the relationship of each of these factors on self-care behavior in diabetic family practice patients. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of patients seek...