scholarly journals Management of Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Chronic Liver Diseases

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yingying Zhao ◽  
Huichun Xing ◽  
Xiaomei Wang ◽  
Weini Ou ◽  
Hong Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Liver Cirrhosis ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Antiviral Treatment ◽  
Close Correlation ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
Cerebral Vessel ◽  
Common Chronic Disease

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common chronic disease affecting humans globally. During the last few years, the incidence of diabetes has increased and has received more attention. In addition to growing DM populations, DM complications are involving injuries to more organs, such as the heart and cerebral vessel damage. DM complications can reduce quality of life and shorten life spans and eventually also impede social and economic development. Therefore, effective measures to curb the occurrence and development of diabetes assist in improving patients’ quality of life, delay the progression of DM in the population, and ease a social burden. The liver is regarded as an important link in the management and control of DM, including the alleviation of glucose metabolism and lipid metabolism and others via glucose storage and endogenous glucose generation from glycogen stored in the liver. Liver cirrhosis is a very common chronic disease, which often lowers the quality of life and decreases life expectancy. According to a growing body of research, diabetes shows a close correlation with hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, and liver cancer. Moreover, coexistence of liver complications would accelerate the deterioration of patients with diabetes. Liver cirrhosis and diabetes influence each other. Thus, in addition to pharmacological treatments and lifestyle interventions, effective control of cirrhosis might assist in a better management of diabetes. When it comes to different etiologies of liver cirrhosis, different therapeutic methods, such as antiviral treatment, may be more effective. Effective control of cirrhosis might be a strategy for better management of diabetes.

Effectiveness of mobile applications on healthy lifestyles aimed at diabetic patients: review of systematic reviews. (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Jesús Represas Carrera Sr ◽  
Ángel Alfredo Martínez Ques Sr ◽  
Ana Clavería Fontán Sr
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Major Public Health Problem

BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is currently a major public health problem worldwide. It is traditionally approached in a clinical inpatient relationship between the patient and the healthcare professional. However, the rise of new technologies, particularly mobile applications, is revolutionizing the traditional healthcare model through the introduction of telehealthcare. OBJECTIVE (1) To assess the effects of mobile applications for improving healthy lifestyles on the quality of life and metabolic control of diabetes mellitus in adult patients. (2) To describe the characteristics of the mobile applications used, identify the healthy lifestyles they target, and describe any adverse effects their use may have. METHODS Review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis, following the guidelines of the Cochrane Collaboration and the Joanna Briggs Institute. We included studies that used any mobile application aimed at helping patients improve self-management of diabetes mellitus by focusing on healthy lifestyles. Studies needed to include a control group receiving regular care without the use of mobile devices. In May 2018, a search was conducted in Medline, Embase, Cochrane, LILACS, PsychINFO, Cinahl and Science Direct, updated in May 2019. The methodological quality of the studies was assessed using the Amstar-2 tool. RESULTS Seven systematic reviews of 798 articles were initially selected for analysis. The interventions had a duration of between 1 and 12 months. Mobile applications focused singly or simultaneously on different lifestyles aspects (diet, physical exercise, motivation, blood glucose levels, etc.). There are significant changes in HbA1c values, body weight and BMI, although in others, such as lipid profile, quality of life, or blood pressure, there is no clear improvement. CONCLUSIONS There is clear evidence that the use of mobile applications improves glycemic control in diabetic patients in the short term. There is a lack of evidence in its long-term benefits. It is thus necessary to carry out further studies to learn about the long-term effectiveness of mobile applications aimed at promoting the healthy lifestyles of diabetic patients. CLINICALTRIAL PROSPERO Register: CRD42019133685

Self Management Menentukan Kualitas Hidup Pasien Diabetes Mellitus

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 402
Author(s):  
Iskim Luthfa ◽  
Nurul Fadhilah
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Correlation Study ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Spearman Rank ◽  
Consecutive Sampling

<p><em>People with diabetes mellitus are at risk of developing complications, so that it affects the quality of life. These complications can be minimized through self-care management. This study aims to determine the relationship between self management with the quality of life for people with diabetes mellitus. This research is a kind of quantitative research with correlation study. This research used cross sectional design. The sampling technique uses non probability with estimation consecutive sampling. The number of respondents in this research are 118 respondents. Instrument for measuring self management used diabetes self management questionnaire (DSMQ), and instruments to measure quality of life used quality of life WHOQOL-BREEF. The data obtained were processed statistically by using spearman rank test formula and p value of 0,000 There is a significant relationship of self management with the quality of life of people with diabetes mellitus.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Penderita </em><em>Diabetes mellitus </em><em>beresiko mengalami komplikasi yang dapat mempengaruhi kualitas hidupnya. Komplikasi tersebut dapat diminimalkan melalui manajemen perawatan diri (self management). Penelitian ini bert</em><em>ujuan </em><em>untuk</em><em> menganalisis hubungan self management dengan kualitas hidup pasien diabetes melitus. </em><em>Jenis p</em><em>enelitian ini </em><em>adalah</em><em> deskriptif korelasi</em><em> dengan desain cross sectional</em><em>. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan non probability </em><em>sampling </em><em>dengan pendeka</em><em>t</em><em>an consecutive sampling</em><em>.</em><em> </em><em>J</em><em>umlah </em><em>sampel sebanyak</em><em> </em><em>118 responden.</em><em> </em><em>Instrumen </em><em>penelitian </em><em>untuk mengukur self management </em><em>menggunakan</em><em> </em><em>diabetes self management questionnaire</em><em> (DSMQ), </em><em>dan instrumen untuk mengukur kualitas hidup menggunakan </em><em>quality of life </em><em>WHOQOL-BREEF.</em><em> Analisis data menggunakan spearman rank dan didapatkan hasil nilai </em><em>p value 0,000</em><em> dan r 0,394.Terdapat </em><em>hubungan </em><em>antara </em><em>self management</em><em> dengan kualitas hidup pasien diabetes mellitus</em><em> dengan arah korelasi positif.</em></p>

scholarly journals Potential of Beetroot and Blackcurrant Compounds to Improve Metabolic Syndrome Risk Factors

Metabolites ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 338
Author(s):  
Cameron Haswell ◽  
Ajmol Ali ◽  
Rachel Page ◽  
Roger Hurst ◽  
Kay Rutherfurd-Markwick
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Metabolic Abnormalities ◽  
Dietary Nitrate ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
High Concentrations

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a group of metabolic abnormalities, which together lead to increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), as well as reduced quality of life. Dietary nitrate, betalains and anthocyanins may improve risk factors for MetS and reduce the risk of development of CHD and T2DM. Beetroot is a rich source of dietary nitrate, and anthocyanins are present in high concentrations in blackcurrants. This narrative review considers the efficacy of beetroot and blackcurrant compounds as potential agents to improve MetS risk factors, which could lead to decreased risk of CHD and T2DM. Further research is needed to establish the mechanisms through which these outcomes may occur, and chronic supplementation studies in humans may corroborate promising findings from animal models and acute human trials.

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