background: patient education is widely recognized as a core component of nursing. patient education can lead to quality outcomes including adherence, quality of life, patients' knowledge of their illness and self-management. this study aimed to clarify patient education process in teaching hospitals affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences (tums) in iran.   methods : this cross-sect...

Objective The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of patient education on knowledge, self management behaviours and self efficacy in patients with type 2 diabetes. The effect of education on knowledge, self management behaviours and self efficacy of patients with type 2 diabetes Design A randomised single blind controlled study was designed to assess the effect of education using a pre a...

for better management of asthma it is essential that patients adjust their treatment according to the medical plan developed by the health care professionals. to achieve this goal, patients should assess the severity of their disease regularly. the purpose of this study was to determine the effect of regular measurement of peak expiratory flow and patient education on self management of asthma....

The progress of the pharmacological and device treatment of heart failure (HF) has led to a substantial improvement of mortality and rehospitalization. Further potential for improvement may be heralded in the post-discharge management of HF patients, including patient education for self-management of HF. The study by Musekamp et al. is among the first publications providing evidence that improv...

aims: hospital information system may offer a way to increased self-care management. the aim of this study was to determine the patients’ informational needs for self-care management and evaluation of different his software according to these needs.  materials & methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was done during 2011-2012 in kashan city, iran at two phases compiling the required in...

OBJECTIVE Our aim was to determine whether patient participation in decision-making about diabetes care is associated with understanding of diabetes self-management and subsequent self-care practices. We also identified issues that would impact messaging for use in mobile diabetes communication. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A cross-sectional observational study was conducted with type 2 diabet...

A pproximately 11 million people in the United States have diabetes, a disorder whose acute and chronic complications cost an estimated $20 billion annually (1). Numerous published studies have shown that education and self-care programs lead to reductions in the costs associated with diabetes (2-9). Continuing patient education for self-management is an integral component of diabetes treatment...

BACKGROUND Oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) implies frequent blood checks and dose changes to prevent thromboembolic or hemorrhagic complications. This may interfere with patients' social and working circumstances in addition to the possible stress caused by the condition necessitating this treatment. We studied whether patient self-management could be a way to improve quality of life in these ...

BACKGROUND Patient education is a key component in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Delivering effective education to ethnic groups with COPD is a challenge. The objective of this study was to develop and assess the effectiveness of culturally and linguistically specific audiovisual educational materials in supporting self-management practices in Mandarin- and Can...