The transition from hospital to ambulatory care is a high-risk period for patients with diabetes mellitus and is a challenge for health care professionals. Various interprofessional collaborative interventions have shown a positive impact on continuity of care at discharge. Communication and transmission of information between the hospital and ambulatory settings as well as coordination between healthcare professionals are key points to explore and to improve to ensure optimal continuity of care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDiabetes self-management (DSM) is a process based on a series of complex learnings. The conceptualization of the role of the emotional dimensions that underlie and structure this process is critical to better understand why living with diabetes can become a burden. A clinical case illustrates the intertwining of the affective and cognitive dimensions of diabetes burden and its influence on DSM skills.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGlobally it is estimated that over 1 million children and adolescents have Type 1 diabetes with large variations in incidence between different contexts. Health systems need to provide a variety of elements to ensure appropriate diabetes care, such as service delivery; healthcare workforce; information; medical products and technologies; financing and leadership and governance. Describing these elements between Geneva, Switzerland, a high-income country with high spending on healthcare and a large density of doctors, and low- and middle-income countries this article aims to highlight the global inequality of diabetes care.
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December 2018
Background: Prevention of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM)-related complications is dependent on metabolic control. The recommended glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) values <7.5% (58.
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