Author:
Rancy Marie,Harris Kenneth,Bhavsar Jeet
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Type 2 diabetes and psychiatric illnesses have a bidirectional association, influencing each other in direct but independent ways. People with psychiatric illnesses are more likely than the general population to develop type 2 diabetes, in part because antipsychotic medications affect the metabolic system, disrupting glucose metabolism, and also because they lack diabetes self-management education and self-care skills. This study assessed the effectiveness of diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) in patients with mental illness and diabetes using the Diabetes Self-Management Questionnaire. Analysis of paired responses to the pre- and post-DSMES survey questions showed a statistically significant increase in diabetes self-management knowledge after participation in the education sessions. These results emphasized the importance of DSMES in strengthening patients' knowledge and skills, with additional support from their psychiatrist and medical team.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
General Medicine,General Nursing