Abstract
This special issue of Patient Education and Counseling contains a series of 14 studies about the improvement of patient education and counseling in the field of diabetes mellitus. Central themes are: cognitions of diabetes patients, the role of the diagnose in the education, weight loss in type 2 diabetes, the influence of diabetic retinopathy on quality of life, diabetes patient education on the internet, computer-based hypoglycemia education programs, improvement of quality of life by teaching programs for diabetes patients, experienced-based group education for type 2 diabetes, effects of group-based counseling on the well-being and glycaemic control of diabetes patients, implementations of empowerment group education, tutoring for staff, education and psycho-social programs for adolescents with diabetes, diabetes education for young adults, and culture-specific diabetes care. (C) 2004 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 251-255 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Patient Education and Counseling |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2004 |
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Cognitions
- Cost-effectiveness
- Counseling
- Diabetes education
- Diagnosis
- Empowerment
- Ethnic patients
- GP
- Group education
- HbA1c
- Obesity
- Prevention
- Quality of life
- Retinopathy
- SES
- Stress
- Young adults