Diabetes care.

Ramadan Fasting and Diabetes Care

Care Dependency and Diabetes Self-Care Activities in Elderly Individuals with Diabetes

Introduction: Changing lifestyle, physical inactivity, and obesity lead to increased diabetes prevalence in the elderly. Diabetes management involves self-care activities, such as medical nutrition therapy, physical activity, use of pharmacologic agent, self-monitoring of blood glucose, foot care, and smoking cessation. Physiological, biological, mental changes that show up with aging and the p...

Implementation of "Chronic Care Model" for Diabetes Care in Iranian Primary Health Care: Does it work?

Objective: Traditional health care systems were not capable to face successfully with chronic diseases including diabetes mellitus. In this regard, the Chronic Care Model or CCM was created to promote quality of care. The aim of this study was to examine whether establishment of chronic care model, with focus on diabetic patients, has led to clinically significant outcomes in Iran. Materials a...

Diabetes care.

The NHS Information Centre has set up an internet portal that provides access to data, tools and information on diabetes. The National Diabetes Information Service Portal contains a comprehensive list of diabetes datasets, a description of various tools and their use, and links to other relevant websites. Users can also search through a list of questions commonly asked by commissioners, clinici...

Diabetes Care