Reports outline type 2 diabetes research from University of Pennsylvania
December 15th, 2008
2008 DEC 15 -- Fresh data on type 2 diabetes are presented in the report 'Concept analysis: self-monitoring in type 2 diabetes mellitus.' According to recent research from the United States, "The term self-monitoring is often used in the literature on type 2 diabetes mellitus management. The term is generally used to refer to patients measuring their blood glucose levels with a glucose meter."
"However, for patients with diabetes mellitus to effectively manage their disease they need to effectively monitor and respond to a much broader set of signs and symptoms than blood glucose levels only. Patient's awareness of this wider set of diabetes manifestations, as well as their ability to interpret and respond to those manifestations, is influenced by subjective life experiences and individual cultural contexts. The aim of this paper is to delineate, clarify and redefine the concept of self-monitoring in type 2 diabetes mellitus from a broad perspective which includes consideration of patients' subjective experience and cultural contexts. Rodgers Evolutionary Method was used to delineate and clarify the 'concept' of self-monitoring in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews databases were searched for the years 2002-2007, limited to published English literature involving humans. Self-monitoring in type 2 diabetes mellitus was composed of three attributes: (1) awareness of (2) interpretation of, and (3) response to a patient's particular manifestations of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Cultural influences on these three attributes were discussed. Considering a patient's subjective life experiences and individual cultural contexts may be important to have a more comprehensive picture of self-monitoring in type 2 diabetes mellitus," wrote M. Song and colleagues, University of Pennsylvania.
The researchers concluded: "This concept analysis will be useful for researchers and health care providers seeking to understand the role patients' individual circumstances play within processes of self-monitoring of type 2 diabetes mellitus."
Song and colleagues published their study in International Journal of Nursing Studies (Concept analysis: self-monitoring in type 2 diabetes mellitus. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2008;45(11):1700-10).
For additional information, contact M. Song, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 420 Guardian Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6096, United States.
Publisher contact information for the International Journal of Nursing Studies is: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd., the Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England.
Keywords: United States, Philadelphia, Diabetes Management, Endocrinology, Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
This article was prepared by Diabetes Week editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2008, Diabetes Week via NewsRx.com.
