- September 28, 2007
Researchers conducted interviews with more than 700 adults with
type 2 diabetes;
some patients said the inconvenience and discomfort of having to take numerous medications each day, carefully monitoring their diet, and getting the required amounts of exercise had a major impact on their quality of life.
From 12 percent to 50 percent of patients interviewed said they were willing to give up 8 of 10 years of life in perfect health to avoid a life with diabetes complications, but between 10 percent and 18 percent of patients said they were willing to give up 8 of 10 years of healthy life to avoid life with treatments.
Patient Perceptions of Quality of Life With Diabetes-Related Complications and Treatments.
Diabetes Care 2007 30: 2478-2483.
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- September 23, 2007
The American College of Physicians has issued a guidance statement on the optimal hemoglobin A1c
targets for patients with
type 2 diabetes.
"This guidance statement is derived from other organizations' guidelines and is based on an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the available guidelines... We used the Appraisal of Guidelines, Research and Evaluation in Europe appraisal instrument to evaluate the guidelines from various organizations."
Glycemic Control and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Optimal Hemoglobin A1c Targets. A Guidance Statement from the American College of Physicians.
Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:417-422.
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- September 8, 2007
The number of Chinese children under 14 suffering from diabetes has almost tripled over the past 25 years, research has found.
A survey undertaken by the Children's Hospital of Fudan University in Shanghai showed that between 1997 and 2000, the ratio of children suffering from the disease in the city was 1.7 per 100 thousand. A similar survey conducted in the 1980s put the ratio at just 0.61 per 100 thousand.
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Childhood diabetes triples in 25 years.]
- September 1, 2007
A new study calls for better advice about home blood glucose monitoring for patients with
type 2 diabetes.
Some experts believe that daily self monitoring helps to control blood glucose levels and it is often recommended. But others believe that self monitoring is complex and inconvenient and can lead to feelings of frustration and guilt. As such, there is still no firm agreement about the role and value of self monitoring for patients with type 2 diabetes.
Self monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes: longitudinal qualitative study of patients' perspectives.
BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.39302.444572.DE (published 30 August 2007)
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