Controlling Diabetes

Paper Summary:

The paper addresses the role of patient education and compliance and other factors that have been seen in the literature to have a plausible effect on diabetes mellitus. The paper is of the view that most type 2 diabetes mellitus patients have fair to poor glycemic control in large part due to a lack of patient education on the part of the health care professional. The paper emphasizes that any approach to managing diabetes must involve the patient in the active management of his disease.

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Abstract
Introduction
Complications
Current Situation
My Viewpoint
Viewpoints of Others
Future Outlook
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The prevalence rate of diabetes when age is factored in also shows an upward trend in the number of cases on a year-to-year basis; all age groups reported an increase in prevalence over the last 24 years (CDC, 2005b). The age group with the highest reported prevalence rate was the 65-74-year old age bracket (CDC, 2005b). The second highest group was the 75+ year old bracket, followed by the 45-64 year-old bracket and the less than 45 years old bracket (CDC, 2005b). The disparity between the groups with the highest and lowest prevalence of diabetes is quite large (16.7% of the population age 65-74 years versus 1.4% of the population less than age 45 years are diagnosed diabetics) (CDC, 2005b)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• American Diabetes Association (ADA). (2006). Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes-2006. Diabetes Care. 29, S4-S42. Retrieved July 31, 2007 from http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/reprint/29/suppl_1/s4
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• Care Management Institute, Kaiser Permanente. (2004). Adult diabetes clinical practice guidelines. Retrieved July 31, 2007 from http://www.guidelines.gov>
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (2005a). Data & Trends, National Diabetes Surveillance System, Prevalence of Diabetes. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Retrieved July 31, 2007 from http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/prev/national/index.htm
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC). (2005b). National diabetes fact sheet. Retrieved July 31, 2007 from http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/pubs/estimates.htm

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