EFEKTIVITAS ACCESS TO DIABETES CARE TERHADAP PENGENDALIAN DIABETES MELITUS PADA LANSIA

Improving access to diabetes care in a primary care trust

profile In the UK, people of African or Indian descent are at particular risk of developing diabetes – reported rates in these populations are at least four times higher than in Caucasians (Chaturvedi et al, 1994). Bradford City is one of three PCTs in Bradford and it serves a population of approximately 147 000 people of mixed ethnic backgrounds. The majority of these (55 %) are of South Asian...

Ramadan Fasting and Diabetes Care

Access to Health Care and Control of ABCs of Diabetes

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between access to health care and diabetes control. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2008, we identified 1,221 U.S. adults (age 18-64 years) with self-reported diabetes. Access was measured by current health insurance coverage, number of times health care was received over the past year...

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...

Interventions to Increase Access to Care and Quality of Care for Women With Gestational Diabetes.

The prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in the United States is increasing, and rates in some populations range from 3 to 14%.1–3 The true prevalence of GDM may be even higher because underreporting of GDM on birth certificates is well documented.1–4 Difficulties in documenting and reaching consensus on the prevalence of GDM exist for a number of reasons, including the use of vari...