Publications by authors named "Jocelyne Depeyre"

For many years, the Nutrition and Dietetics department of the Geneva School of Health Sciences has been applying a pedagogical method of simulating in the daily life of a diabetic person. For 4 days, students experience the daily life of a diabetic patient by adopting his treatment and applying the recommendations for a healthy lifestyle. According to a survey of 29 students, the most striking elements for them were: thinking about the disease all the time, eating without hunger and being confronted with the difficulties of the disease.

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Background: Venous leg ulcers are slow-healing wounds with a high recurrence rate of 70% and a 60% risk of becoming chronic. Signs and symptoms such as pain or exudate are not only a burden on those affected but also on the healthcare system and society in general. The estimated leg ulcer prevalence in the general population is 1%.

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