Publications by authors named "Rungrawee Navicharern"
Background: Although social-ecological models and multi-level interventions have been recommended for implementing the holistic self-management support for patients with type 2 diabetes, they are complex, costly, and need long-term effort. A more realistic approach would be to identify and implement a single or limited leverage point(s) that is most effective and feasible to create change.
Objective: To assess the independent relationships of the social-environmental supports with self-management behaviors in Thai patients with type 2 diabetes.
Background: Diabetic foot ulcers have a negative impact on quality of life and diabetes self-management of the condition is a key component of diabetes treatment. However no study has yet been conducted to determine the relationship between diabetes self-management, fasting blood sugar and quality of life among type 2 diabetic patients with foot ulcers in Thailand.
Objective: To examine the relationship between diabetes self-management, fasting blood sugar and quality of life (QOL) among type 2 diabetic patients with foot ulcers who received the diabetes treatment in King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thailand.
Objective: To examine the effects of multifaceted nurse-coaching intervention on diabetic complications which were assessed by HbA1c, blood pressure, LDL-C levels and satisfaction with nursing intervention of persons with type 2 diabetes.
Material And Method: Quasi-experimental design study was conducted from October 2007 to March 2008. Forty participants with type 2 diabetes of two Red Cross Health Stations in Bangkok, Relief and Public Health Bureau of the Thai Red Cross Society, were selected by purposive sampling and matched pair The participants of the 11th Red Cross Health Station were the control group (n=20) who received the usual care while the participants of the 2nd Red Cross Health Station were the experimental group (n=20) who received the multifaceted nurse-coaching intervention over 12 weeks.