Diabetes Self-Care

Paper Summary:

The paper conducts an extensive review of the relevant literature to determine the factors that exist in relation to barriers and challenges of specific groups of patients in self-care management of diabetes mellitus. The paper addresses race/ethnicity differences in self-care management as well as psychological, social and family predictors of the probability of self-care management of diabetes success for patients.

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Abstract
Introduction
Method
Review of Relevant Theoretical Literature
Literature Review
Summary
Background

From the Paper:

"Diabetes mellitus is a chronic systemic disease (Scemons, 2007). Diabetes mellitus has been divided into four clinical classes by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) which are the four as follows: (1) Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease possibly triggered by genetic and environmental factors. It's caused by the destruction of pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin. Totally insulin-deficient, the patient needs exogenous insulin to survive; (2) Type 2 diabetes, accounting for 90% to 95% of all diabetes in the United States, involves a decreased ability to use the insulin produced in the pancreas. The beta cells maintain some function but become progressively desensitized to blood glucose levels. Decreased insulin sensitivity in the liver and peripheral tissues adds to the problem; (3) Gestadomd diabetes develops during pregnancy; and (4) Other types have various specific causes, such as genetic defects in beta cell function or insulin action, pancreatic disease, or adverse drug reactions. (Scemons, 2007) "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Williams, K.E. and Bond, M.J. (2002) The Roles of Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectancies and Social Support in the Self-Care Behaviors of Diabetics. Psychology, Health & Medicine Vol. 7 No. 2 2002. BrunnerRoutledge: Taylor & Francis Healthsciences.
• Wdowik, Melissa J. et al (2001) Expanded Health Belief Model Predicts Diabetes Self-Management in College Students. Society for Nutrition Education January/February 2001.
• Utz, Sharon W. et al (2006) Working Hard With It: Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes by Rural African Americans. Family Community Health. Vol. 29, No. 3 pp. 195-205 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. 2006.
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• Davies, Karen (2006) What is Effective Intervention? - Using Theories of Health Promotion. British Journal of Nursing, 2006, Vol. 13 No. 3

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