The efficacy of tailored interventions for self-management outcomes of type 2 diabetes, hypertension or heart disease: A systematic review
17 February 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases
Systematic review which evaluates the evidence on the effectiveness of tailored interventions on self-management behaviours in individuals with heart disease,...
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Integrating an automated diabetes management system into the family management of children with type 1 diabetes: Results from a 12-month randomized controlled technology trial (USA)
22 February 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes
The study objective was to evaluate how the use of a pervasive blood glucose monitoring (BGM) technology relates to glycemic...
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Prediction models for the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review
8 February 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases>Risk Assessment, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases and 1 more
This study reviewed the primary prevention studies that focused on the development, validation and impact assessment of a cardiovascular risk...
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Community screening for cardiovascular risk factors and levels of treatment in a rural Māori cohort
27 January 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases>Risk Assessment, Knowledge Library, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases and 2 more
Documents levels of cardiovascular disease (CVD), diagnosed and undiagnosed risk factors and clinical management of CVD risk in rural Māori...
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Predictors of dropout in the German disease management program for type 2 diabetes
11 January 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes
This is a German study that followed 10,989 patients who were enrolled in the disease management program (DMP) for type...
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One risk assessment tool for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and chronic kidney disease (Netherlands)
17 February 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases>Risk Assessment, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases and 1 more
Individuals at high risk for chronic cardiometabolic disease (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and chronic kidney disease) share many risk...
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Systematic review and evaluation of web-accessible tools for management of diabetes and related cardiovascular risk factors by patients and healthcare providers
30 January 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Cardiovascular Diseases
This systematic review identifies and evaluates the effectiveness, clinical usefulness, sustainability, and usability of web-compatible diabetes-related tools. Fifty-seven studies met...
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Self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are not using insulin (Cochrane Review)
19 January 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes
This Cochrane Review assesses the effects of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who...
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The impact of diabetes prevention on labour force participation and income of older Australians: An economic study
9 January 2012 by Research Admin in Diabetes and Cardiovascular Services>Diabetes
While the direct costs of treating diabetes are substantial, and rising, the indirect costs are considered greater. There is evidence...
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Literature Abstracts
- Prescribing history to identify candidates for chronic condition medication adherence promotion
- Health and independence report
- Poststroke fatigue: Does group education make a difference? A randomized pilot trial
- Variation in New Zealand hospital outcomes: Combining hierarchical Bayesian modeling and propensity score methods for hospital performance comparisons
- Audit of stroke thrombolysis in Wellington, New Zealand: Disparity between in-hours and out-of-hours treatment time
News
- Sex poses 'low risk' for heart patients
- New edition of "Knowledge & Information Repository: Care Planning and Diabetes" published (UK)
- 'More heart and diabetes checks' – a new health target for cardiovascular disease and diabetes
- Changes to Government health targets
- HEART UK cardiac rehabilitation report highlights regional inequalities for patients after a heart attack
Discussion
- NZSSD Podiatry Special Interest Group (PSIG)
- The Diabetes Excess Weight Loss (DEWL) Trial: A randomised controlled trial of high-protein versus high-carbohydrate diets over 2 years in type 2 diabetes [in press]
- 'More heart and diabetes checks' – a new health target for cardiovascular disease and diabetes
- Estimating the cost-effectiveness of lifestyle intervention programmes to prevent diabetes based on an example from Germany: Markov modelling
- New Zealand in grips of "silent" diabetes epidemic
International Literature
- Integrating an automated diabetes management system into the family management of children with type 1 diabetes: Results from a 12-month randomized controlled technology trial (USA)
- Association of coexisting diabetes and depression with mortality after myocardial infarction (Netherlands)
- Quality of in-hospital cardiac arrest calls: A prospective observational study (England)
- Development and validation of a dispatcher identification algorithm for stroke emergencies (Germany)
- Does helicopter emergency medical service transfer offer benefit to patients with stroke? (USA)