Evidence Based Nursing: Diabetes Management Programs

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Evidence based nursing
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Quantitative article review.........................................................................................................2
Qualitative article review...........................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................9

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The current assignment focuses on the concept of diabetes management in the United
States. Type 2 diabetes is one of the most prevalent community based problems within the
United States. In this respect, 3 out of 11 people have been seen to be affected with type 2
diabetes in the US. There are a number of causes for the alarming figures such as binge
eating, increasing stress, sedentary lifestyles. In the current paper we have tried to analyze the
affectivity of different diabetes type 2 management programs. In the current study, a
comparative study has been conducted within the qualitative and the quantitative research
design.
Quantitative article review
Article reviewed: Dall, T. M., Roary, M., Yang, W., Zhang, S., Zhang, Y., Arday, D. R., ...
Chen, Y. J. (2011). Health Care Use and Costs for Participants in a Diabetes Disease
Management Program, United States, 2007-2008. Preventing Chronic Disease, 8(3),
A53.
A1QuantitativeArticle:
Background or
In t ro du ctio n
The study was implemented in order to find out the
relationship of the intensity of participation and prior
indication of uncontrolled diabetes to the use of overall
health care of the patients enrolled in diabetes
management program of TRICARE’s. TRICARE is a
US based healthcare agency catering to the health
requirements of US military personals, their families
and their beneficiaries.
Review of the L it erat ure The program was implemented to compare the
healthcare costs of the US based nationals in the

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diabetes management program prior and after the
enrolment process. The patients enrolled in the
diabetes management program were further divided
into active and passive groups depending on their
interaction with the baseline telephone counseling
services for diabetes management.
Evidence applied - The patients with inclination
towards self management of their uncontrolled
diabetes had the major scope of improvement from the
program. The active participants were seen to have
reduced inpatient days.
Discussion of Met h o d olo g y A quasi experimental approach was used
over here to access the impact of diabetes management
program for beneficiaries of us militants within the age
group of 18-64. The inclusion criteria included
frequent hospitalizations owing to diabetes. The
participants were divided into controlled, uncontrolled
groups based upon medical claims for uncontrolled
diabetes from the year before the program was
implemented for which prior consent was taken though
e-mails. This was in accordance with the Data
protection and confidentiality act (1998). A regression
analysis was performed for comparing and estimation
of the patient data (Dall et al., 2011).
One of the greatest contributions of the study was that