Category: Diabetes

Research on mobile medical apps for diabetes mellitus (DM) patients Intent to analyze commercially available apps available for DM patients Apps have outcomes published in the literature, received FDA or CE Mark approval Apps intend to support blood glucose (BG) and DM self-management 14 mobile medical apps identified: smartphone-based and glucose meter-based apps To study…

Table of Contents Researchers Burns and Grove Collection of Information about Diabetes Carroll and Marrero’s Assumptions Methodology Conclusion References Researchers Burns and Grove Burns and Grove (2009) define a critical appraisal of research as a “systematic, unbiased, careful examination of all aspects of a study to come up with the merits, limitations, meaning, and significance…

Table of Contents Introduction Hypothesis Control group Treatment group Scientific Experimental Design Problems and biases Conclusion Introduction Scientists sought to experiment that drinking coffee may have a positive implication to blood sugar levels that may lead to diabetes. This procedure had to be carefully conducted to articulate positive results that could be verified through standard…

Introduction At present, a large number of people are experiencing health complications due to a sedentary lifestyle, lack of physical activities, poor nutritional habits, and substance use disorders (SUD). Among the potential diseases, diabetes mellitus is one of the most harmful and impactful developments that negatively affect the quality of life and might lead to…

Associations between health literacy, diabetes knowledge, self-care behaviors, and glycemic control in a low income population with type 2 diabetes The research problem focused on evaluating relationships among health literacy, patient knowledge, self-care, and control of glycemic in marginalized populations of low-income earners, primarily with type 2 diabetes. The purpose of the article was to…

According to Glover and Mitchell, for an individual to effectively communicate Biostatistics data, he had to first understand the public to which he wanted to convey the message. It was almost impracticable to alter the pre-existing values of the public except through addressing the matters unambiguously. Coming up with information that bridged the gap between…

Table of Contents Scenario mHealth Application Teaching Evaluation References Scenario Mrs. Sanders is a 45-year-old female recently diagnosed with type-2 diabetes. She has a family history of diabetes and worries that she will not be able to manage the disease. Mrs. Sanders has a college degree and has proficiency using technological devices due to her…

General Information Diabetes mellitus type 1, normally known as Type 1 Diabetes, is a type of diabetes that is caused by the lack of insulin resulting from the destruction of insulin-producing cells. Since insulin regulates the amount of glucose in the body, the destruction of the insulin-producing cells subsequently leads to high level of glucose…

Case study A 21-year old female (A.M.) presents to the urgent care clinic with symptoms of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and a fever for 3 days. She states that she has Type I diabetes and has not been managing her blood sugars since she’s been ill and unable to keep any food down. She’s only tolerated…

Diabetes is one of the most common diseases impacting world population. Apart from being a serious illness and having many adverse outcomes, it may present further danger to the patients’ health condition by various complications. Neuropathy and retinopathy are dangerous complications of Type 2 Diabetes, and the providers need to choose alternative agents for diabetes…