Current Issue December 2011, Vol. 5, No. 4

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Review

Changing the odds. What do we learn from prevention studies targeted at people with a positive family history of type 2 diabetes?
December 2011(Vol. 5 | No. 4 | Pages 215-221)
Wieke H. Heideman, Barend J.C. Middelkoop, Vera Nierkens, Karien Stronks, Arnoud P. Verhoeff, Suzanne C.M. van Esch, Frank J. Snoek

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Clinical profile of diabetes in the young seen between 1992 and 2009 at a specialist diabetes centre in south India
December 2011(Vol. 5 | No. 4 | Pages 223-229)
Anandakumar Amutha, Manjula Datta, Ittianath Ranjith Unnikrishnan, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Mohan Rema, Kabayam M. Venkat Narayan, Viswanathan Mohan

PANORAMA: A European study to evaluate quality of life and treatment satisfaction in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus—Study design
December 2011(Vol. 5 | No. 4 | Pages 231-239)
Clare Bradley, Pedro de Pablos-Velasco, Klaus G. Parhofer, Eveline Eschwège, Linda Gönder-Frederick, Dominique Simon

Impact of the Chronic Care Model on medication adherence when patients perceive cost as a barrier
24 January 2012
Katherine Mackey, Michael L. Parchman, Luci K. Leykum, Holly J. Lanham, Polly H. Noël, John E. Zeber
Abstract: Aims: Cost burdens represent a significant barrier to medication adherence among chronically ill patients, yet financial pressures may be mitigated by clinical or organizational factors, suc...
Measuring risk online—Feasibility of using FINDRISC in an online workplace survey
19 January 2012
Viveca Gyberg, Dan Hasson, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Lars Rydén
Abstract: Aims: With the globally increasing prevalence of diabetes and the knowledge on how to prevent the disease there is a high demand for an effective way of identifying people at risk. The hypot...
Awareness of diabetes risks is associated with healthy lifestyle behavior in diabetes free American adults: Evidence from a nationally representative sample
19 January 2012
Ike S. Okosun, Monique Davis-Smith, J. Paul Seale
Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine whether diabetes free healthy non-Hispanic Whites (NHW), non-Hispanic Blacks (NHB), and Mexican-Americans (MA) who are told of their diabete...
Factors associated with preventive care practice among adults with diabetes
16 January 2012
Hon K. Yuen
Abstract: Adherence to annual preventive care (foot, eye, and dental examinations) in this group of study participants with diabetes (n=253) was suboptimal. Participants were 2.6–5.8 times more likely...
Do obese children with diabetic ketoacidosis have type 1 or type 2 diabetes?
09 January 2012
Joey C. Low, Eric I. Felner, Andrew B. Muir, Milton Brown, Margalie Dorcelet, Limin Peng, Guillermo E. Umpierrez
Abstract: Objective: Many obese children with unprovoked diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) display clinical features of type 2 diabetes during follow up. We describe the clinical presentation, autoimmune ma...

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