Is diabetes self-management education still the Cinderella of diabetes care?

Copyright © 2017. Published by Elsevier B.V..

This paper reflects on the status of diabetes self-management education (DSME) as a branch of diabetology in Europe and discusses some opportunities for better supporting DSME delivery. DSME (also commonly known as Therapeutic Patient Education) has been evolving as a therapy for diabetes for decades. As a continent, Europe is fortunate to have nurtured many pioneers in DSME, and currently has many experts in the field progressing the knowledge base and striving to improve access to DSME for people with diabetes. While there is a wide variety of DSME programmes being delivered throughout Europe, for most people diabetes education is not truly embedded in routine clinical care, being seen as more of an optional add-on to conventional therapies. In comparison to drugs and devices, DSME lacks investment, and funding for DSME research lags far behind other therapies. The rigour with which forms of DSME are developed and evaluated varies, and there is a lack of European quality standards. To try to address some of these deficiencies, greater pan-European collaboration and leadership is required.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:100

Enthalten in:

Patient education and counseling - 100(2017), 10 vom: 14. Okt., Seite 1957-1960

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hurley, Lorna [VerfasserIn]
O'Donnell, Máire [VerfasserIn]
O'Hara, Mary Clare [VerfasserIn]
Carey, Marian E [VerfasserIn]
Willaing, Ingrid [VerfasserIn]
Daly, Heather [VerfasserIn]
Dinneen, Seán F [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes
Journal Article
Patient education
Self-Management

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Date Completed 11.06.2018

Date Revised 11.06.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pec.2017.05.026

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM272271268