Addressing barriers to diabetes care and self-care in general practice: A new framework for practice nurses

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  • Elissa Harwood
  • Christopher Bunn
  • Sarah Caton
  • David Simmons
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Article points 1. Research has shown that addressing barriers to diabetes management in older adults leads to improvement in HbA1c levels and self-care. 2. The authors describe how a general practice surgery in Cambridgeshire developed and piloted a new approach to diabetes annual reviews that focuses on the person with diabetes and aims to identify and address barriers to optimal diabetes care and self-management. 3. Feedback from the practice nurses involved was variable but demonstrated that the main advantages of this approach was its ability to be tailored to the nurse and its focus on the daily life of people with diabetes.

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تاریخ انتشار 2013