Plant-based diets have been associated with improvements in blood glucose and HbA 1c levels, as well as improvements in insulin resistance. This review aimed to systematically analyse the scientific literature on the effects of plant-based dietary interventions on pancreatic beta-cell function, as measured by insulin secretion. The three clinical trials that were included in the analysis showed a high risk of bias that was predominantly due to a lack of blinding in their designs. Compared with non-plant-based interventions, vegan and vegetarian diets showed a number of significant improvements in insulin secretion, HbA 1c and weight loss across the studies. Larger randomised controlled trials with uniform measurements of beta-cell function would be beneficial to allow for quantitative analysis of pooled results.
Diabetes education is essential to help improve diabetes self-management. Individuals with poorer health literacy have worse diabetes outcomes, and improving health literacy can improve health-related outcomes. With the shift of diabetes education towards virtual delivery as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for health literacy assessment is more pressing because of lack of accessibility to non-verbal cues during remote interactions. This scoping review identifies several health literacy assessment tools that are available for use in people with diabetes and examines the challenges with existing health literacy assessment. It recommends overcoming specific issues for effectively improving healthcare in order to reduce health disparities and promote public health.
Effect of Sexual Health Education Based on Health Belief and Pender Health Promotion Models on the Sexual Function of Females with Type II Diabetes Mansouri Ali 1, Shahramian Iraj2, Salehi Hajar3 *, Kord Naeleh 3, Khosravi Faezeh 3, Heidari Mohammad Amin 4 1. MSc in Nursing, Instructor, Faculty Member, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran 2. Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran 3. BSc Student of Midwifery, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
مقدمه: بهبود کیفیت زندگی در بیماران مبتال به دیابت مهمترین هدف در برنامه های ارتقای سطح سالمت است. اجرای برنامه هایخودمدیریتی یکی از راهکارهای موثر در تغییر رفتار و کیفیت زندگی می باشد، لذا برای اثر
1. PhD Student, Department of Sports Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 2. Associate Professor, Department of Sports Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 3. Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Physiology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 4. Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Tehran Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Sam Pearson is Lecturer in Nurse Education; Maureen Wallymahmed is Lecturer in Advanced Nursing Practice, both at Edge Hill University. In 2018, the Nursing and Midwifery Council published several documents relating to new standards of proficiency for registered nurses, standards for student supervision and assessment, and standards for non-medical prescribing programmes. In addition, the Code of conduct for nurses and nursing associates was updated. This article explains the changes that have been made both to pre-registration student supervision and assessment and to non-medical prescribing programmes, and discusses how this may affect diabetes specialist nursing services. These changes need to be implemented by September 2020.
DSN Forum newsletter for May 2020, with more news on the COVID-19 pandemic, plus a welcome to two new members of the Forum admin team
