Pediatric diabetes training for healthcare professionals in Europe: Time for change.

Background: Training for healthcare professionals (HCPs) in Europe who care for children and young people (CYP) with type 1 diabetes and their families is variable depending on the country. Building on the work of SWEET (Better control in Pediatric and Adolescent diabeteS: Working to crEate CEnTers of Reference) and using the German Certified Diabetes Educators (CDEs) curriculum, a European collaboration of pediatric diabetes experts aimed to (1) establish current core elements that should be included in a pediatric diabetes education training course and (2) create a template for a European CDE's training curriculum.

Methods: A qualitative methodology incorporating a survey questionnaire, focus group discussions, individual semi-structured interviews and workshops was employed to explore participants' experiences and opinions.

WHO-5 well-being index as screening instrument for psychological comorbidity in patients with temporomandibular disorder.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to compare the WHO-Five Well-Being Index (WHO-5) with the Oral Health Impact Profile-49 (OHIP-49) questionnaire as screening tools to detect psychological comorbidity in TMDs.

Methods: A TMD group (92 patients, 42.8 ± 17.

Asking 'What about' questions in chronic illness self-management meetings.

Objectives: This study investigates 'What about' questions asked by patients in the course of diabetes self-management groups led by nurses, and explores their functions in these empowerment-informed settings.

Methods: Conversation Analysis of 24 video-recorded sessions of a Start Insulin Group Programme for patients with type 2 diabetes, in a diabetes centre in the South of England. The groups included 2-7 patients and were led by 5 nurses, all of whom had received training in the empowerment approach.

Medication discussion between nurse prescribers and people with diabetes: an analysis of content and participation using MEDICODE.

Aim: This paper is a report of a study to identify the content of, and participation in, medicine discussion between nurse prescribers and people with diabetes in England.

Background: Diabetes affects 246 million people worldwide and effective management of medicines is an essential component of successful disease control. There are now over 20,000 nurse independent prescribers in the UK, many of whom frequently prescribe for people with diabetes.

Analysis of syntax and word use to predict successful participation in guided self-help for anxiety and depression.

This study investigated whether an analysis of narrative style (word use and cross-clausal syntax) of patients with symptoms of generalised anxiety and depression disorders can help predict the likelihood of successful participation in guided self-help. Texts by 97 people who had made contact with a primary care mental health service were analysed. Outcome measures were completion of the guided self-help programme, and change in symptoms assessed by a standardised scale (CORE-OM).

The impact of an intervention for nurse prescribers on consultations to promote patient medicine-taking in diabetes: a mixed methods study.

Background: Nurse prescribers are in a key position to promote medicine-taking in diabetes. Although patients' beliefs about medicines are important predictors of medicine-taking, evidence suggests nurses do not routinely explore these.

Objectives: To evaluate a theory-based intervention designed to increase nurse prescribers' exploration of medicines' beliefs with people with diabetes.

Analysis System for Self-Efficacy Training (ASSET). Assessing treatment fidelity of self-management interventions.

Objective: The paper presents the development of a coding tool for self-efficacy orientated interventions in diabetes self-management programmes (Analysis System for Self-Efficacy Training, ASSET) and explores its construct validity and clinical utility.

Methods: Based on four sources of self-efficacy (i.e.