EDITOR'S NOTE: This address was delivered by Margaret A. Powers, PhD, RD, CDE, President, Health Care & Education, of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), at the ADA's 76th Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, La., on 11 June 2016. Dr. Powers conducts research and has a clinical practice as a registered dietitian and diabetes educator at the International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet in ...

IEEE 802.15.4e standard proposes Deterministic and Synchronous Multichannel Extension (DSME) mode for wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to support industrial, commercial and health care applications. In this paper, a new channel access scheme and beacon scheduling schemes are designed for the IEEE 802.15.4e enabled WSNs in star topology to reduce the network discovery time and energy consumption....

The prevalence of diabetes mellitus has increased tremendously among the Saudi population during the last decade. This represent as a major economic burden in health care system. The objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the Diabetes SelfManagement Education (DSME) programme in improving clinical outcomes, self-care behaviours and Health Related Quality of Life and to perform an econom...

The prevalence of diabetes is rising globally. Poor glucose control results in higher rates of diabetes-related complications and an increase in health care expenditure. Diabetes self-management education (DSME) training has shown to improve glucose control, and thus may reduce long-term complications. Implementation of diabetes self-management education programs may not be feasible for all the...

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia that occurs due to abnormal insulin secretion. Self Management Education (DSME) an important role in preventing or delaying complications people with pre-diabetes and diabetes. Aim of study analize effect audiovisual media on self-care decreasing blood sugar levels diabetes patients type II
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T he prevalence of diabetes continues to escalate around the world, with an estimated 24 million people affected in the U.S. (1). Its prevalence has more than doubled in Tennessee the last decade from 5.0% in 1997 to 11.0% in 2007 (2), with estimated diabetes related mortality of 31 per 100,000 population (2). Rising prevalence and shortage of physicians, especially in rural areas, contribute t...

Our study evaluated the potential of nurse-led, locally contextualized diabetes self-management education (DSME) to modify psychosocial symptoms and health-related quality life (HRQoL) in a resource-limited setting. Thus, controlled, two-group, before-after was conducted among people with type 2 mellitus (T2DM). At baseline, 116 participants were randomly assigned intervention, 104 comparison g...