Diabetes Literature Reviews Samples For Students

According to Khamaiseh, & AlBashtawy (2013), oral health serves as a significant indicator of an individual’s overall well-being, and health. In fact, oral health has shown to have a close association with diabetes, whereby diabetic patients experience a wider array of oral health concerns such as taste disturbances, which are often precipitated by diabetes medications and treatment procedures such as haemodialysis (Lamster et al., 2008). On a similar note, diabetes being a chronic illness has a severe effect on an individual’s oral health, particularly during episodes of hospitalization of diabetic patients (Hanne et al., 2012). For this purpose, health care delivery in the context ...

Introduction

The human body possesses a remarkable capability that can however be jeopardized by disease. Dental conditions occur as some of the most pertinent concerns in human health. Often connoted as Xerostomia, dry mouth occurs as one the dental conditions that jeopardize human health in different ways. Speaking of dry mouth, this connotes to any dental condition that precipitates dryness of the mouth. In fact, dry mouth occurs in cases where an individual experiences frequent episodes whereby the mouth becomes unusually dry. Many at times, dry mouth is elicited by the decrease in saliva production, which is often caused by the ...

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Shea, S., Kothari, D., Teresi, J. A., Kong, J., Eimicke, J. P., Lantigua, R. A., . . . Weinstock, R. (2013). Social impact analysis of the effects of a Telemedicine intervention to improve diabetes outcomes in an ethically diverse medically under served population: Findings from the IDEATel study. American Journal of Public Health, 103(10), 1888-1894. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2012.300909

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Empirical and theoretical studies suggests that the adoption of innovations indicative of a general pattern revealing that adoption process of the health-related innovations vary according to socio-economic status of individuals. This is one of fundamental principles behind the study conducted by Shea et al. (2013) on the ...

Dear Jannette:

Living in America it is easy to become overweight, there is temptation on every block and cheap fast food is everywhere. No one can really say that he or she has never succumbed to the lure of sweet, delicious, tantalizing food.
You and I have been friends for many years and you have stayed close to me as a sister; sometimes even more than a sister. Over the years I have watched you gain more and more weight and I fear for you because diabetes runs in your family. If you continue to gain weight and become diabetic without doubt ...

Introduction.

Cases of diabetes are currently on the rise yet most of them are preventable while some can even be reversed if people adopt healthy lifestyles. Taking steps to control or prevent diabetes is not a deprivation of diet, as many would think, but it is a step taken to control glucose intake in the body, which result to rise in insulin levels. Eating right should be a concern whether one is diagnosed with diabetes or not, and being diabetic does not mean that one cannot eat right. Diabetes involves a lot of changes in the diet, which many consider as deprivation to the ...

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: A Literature Critique

Discussion
Rationale for the topic
Diabetes is Australia’s fastest growing chronic disease (Diabetes Australia, 2012). It is the sixth leading cause of death in Australia. Up to 60% of cases of type 2 diabetes are preventable. This makes diabetes a topic of utmost public health significance. Implementation of public health measures could reduce the incidence of diabetes, which will not only result in savings for the health budget, but also increase participation and productivity in the workforce and, most importantly, lead to better health outcomes and quality of life for Australians (Diabetes Australia, 2012). This is why ...

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a lifelong metabolic disorder which is caused by the abnormal level of sugar in the blood. The information technology is playing an important role in the seamless data collection of the diabetic patient’s glucose and insulin level, heart rate, and weight and transfer through different devices and made it available to the health practitioner for their observation. This helps the diabetic patient in self management of their health based on the data processed by the apps present in the phone or devices. This paper reviews the information technologies role and benefits in the management ...

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Introduction
Diabetes mellitus is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a chronic disease characterized by the lack of insulin production by the pancreas or when the insulin produced by the body is not effectively utilized. Uncontrolled diabetes can result to hyperglycemia and may lead to severe damage to different body systems over time. Diabetes can damage the heart, blood vessels, eyes, kidneys, and nerves. (WHO, 2016)
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the pancreas cannot produce enough insulin. Common symptoms of Type 1 diabetes include polyuria (frequent urination), polydipsia (thirst), and polyphagia (constant hunger). Other symptoms are ...

Type 1 diabetes (T1DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder wherein an immune response targets the insulin-producing beta-cells of the pancreas leading to cellular damage sufficient enough to significantly reduce, and later on eliminate, the synthesis of insulin (Van Belle et al., 2011). It typically manifests in people below 30 years of age. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) (2016) estimates that 29.1 million or 9.3% of Americans are diabetics but of this number, only 1.25 million or around 5% have type 1 diabetes. The purpose of this paper is to describe the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment and management, and ...

Background and Significance of the Problem

Over the last two decades, lifestyle related illnesses have become a problematic issue for the healthcare sector. The calls for primary prevention mechanisms have achieved remarkable progress in minimizing the incidences. However, with an increasing population and the strain on the available resources to support health living, the prevalence rates have remained stagnant. Diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic illnesses that has been diagnosed substantially within the healthcare facilities (Chan & Woo, 2010). However, the emphasis on people to assume proactive roles in the management of health has also taken a significant stride (U.S. National Library of Medicine, ...

Introduction

Diabetes and other health factors have been a growing concern in recent years amongst food-insecure individuals and families. This review includes the concept of finding ways to overcome this issue. Low-income families already have numerous issues to deal with outside of health problems, but the inclusion of health issues makes the situation for these families worse. Within the past ten years research has been dedicated to this problem. Researchers have dedicated time to finding ways of overcoming the problem by using new tactics like motivational interviewing. It has become known that diabetes is a concern of lower income families ...

Abstract

Physical activity (exercise) is largely thought to be an indispensable part of human wellbeing. The growing prosperity, material/food abundance, sedentary transport and sedentary lifestyles is linked with the growing incidence of lifestyle diseases including CVD. CVD is currently among most common diseases in developed nations. In the UK alone, an estimated 7 million people are living CVD, which accounts for 160,000 deaths annually. Treatment strategies (including physical activity) have been rigorously tested in cohort studies. However, the type, intensity, and duration of physical activity remain in question. This review is seeking to find theoretical and empirical support for ...

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is a broad term describing all heart and circulation diseases, including heart failure, stroke, arterial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy and coronary heart disease. CVD accounts for upwards of 28% of all deaths occurred in the UK (160,000) in 2012, and an estimated 7 million people were thought have been living with the condition. The disease costs the country an estimated £19 billion annually in lost productivity, premature death, and medication costs (£6.8 billion). Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is by far the most common and deadly of CVDs, accounting for 16% of male deaths and 10% of female deaths ...

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George, S., & Thomas, S. (2010). Lived experience of diabetes among older, rural people. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(5), 1092-1100.

What is the purpose of this research?

It is allowing insulin dependent diabetics expression of their experiences adopting the self-care management process.
What is the research question (or questions)? This may be implicit or explicit.
The implicit research question could read, what are the most appropriate self-care models suitable of elderly insulin dependent diabetics.
Did the authors describe the research design of this study? If so, give a description.
The research design in this study consists of a qualitative unstructured interview methodology. The actual design ...

Treating Mental Health Illness – A Literature Review

ABSTRACT
The following literature review explores the capabilities of the nurse practitioner treating varieties of mental disorders as comorbidities of primary care patients. The NP interface with the primary care and outpatient services of different people living on the fringe of society with specific barriers to quality health care connected to mental illness proves valuable. The efficacy of the NP in treating mental illness in patients according to the literature emerges as a valuable intervention with screening, diagnosing, and therapy options for specific patients often isolated from medical care access with mental illness including homeless, geriatric, pediatric, and the ...

Introduction

Recently, worldwide obesity prevalence has been raised rapidly and nearly doubled between 1980 and 2014, however in 2014 more than a half a billion of adult (18 years and older) were obese (11% men and 15% women) (WHO, 2014). Obesity and overweight are defined as excess body fat accumulation that leads to health risks and comorbidities. Adult weight can be classified based on the Body Mass Index. Hence, an individual having a BMI equal to or more than 25 is regarded as being overweight, while a person with a BMI equal to or more than 30 is considered obese ( ...

Literature Review

Abstract and citation
The title played a critical role in identifying the authenticity of the text in the research work. Case in point is that cases of diabetes have been documented extensively among the people not to mention the psychosocial issues that affect them (Cammarata et al., 2009). The Abstract clearly states the specific details that are in the main body and introduces the reader to the insights and the points of discussion. The research problem in the study is based on the effect of psychosocial problems in causing diabetes among the young people. One of the single most ...

Qualitative research tradition and rationale

Cathy Beresford utilizes a case study approach as her primary qualitative research tradition. Primarily, she develops an in-depth analysis of one case into multiple studies. The goal of her investigation is to determine the most effective nursing care practices for patients with type 2 diabetes. To facilitate the data collection process, she samples 11 people with type 2 diabetes to provide the required information (Beresford, 2011). The results generated in this process are used in the data analysis phase. Documentation of the research is the final procedure in this process. The approach used qualifies to be a case study ...

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In an article published in the Journal of the National Medical Association in 2010, the authors identified obesity and diabetes mellitus as the top two health concerns of African American men (Treadwell, et al., 2010). The same health issue, obesity has been named as the major concern of African American women (Vaewsorn, 2015). These findings had been supported with alarming statistics provided by reliable health organizations like the World Health Organization and the National Research Council. According to the recent statistics, approximately 69% African American men and 82% African American women are assessed to be under the ...

LITERATURE REVIEW: Determinants of health

In this paper there will be the analysis of cardiovascular disease and how it occurs in the UAE. This paper will be tasked with describing its nature, prevalence and importance as a public health issue; describe the individual factors that lead to this health issue (biology/behavior); a description of the determinants as the disease occurs in the society; prevention of the disease; how the society is working on limiting occurrences and also treating the disease as the cases occur. This literature review will look into this case in the United Arab Emirates, working with the statistics and what is ...

Introduction

Childhood obesity as a medical condition affects a lot children across the world. According to Dieticians Association of Australia (2014) childhood obesity is when a child has too much body fat and the child’s weight is well above normal for his or her age and height and this puts their health at risk. In Australia as well and in fact, across the world, the community is becoming increasingly concerned with the rising prevalence of childhood obesity (Jacqueline. 13). The health consequences for obese children at their current status as well as in the future has acted as an impetus for raised ...

Measures of effects can be explained to being the indexes that normally summarize the strength of the link between various exposures and their specific outcomes thus helping the medical practitioner make effective decisions in their everyday practice (Rothman, Greenland & Lash, 2008, p.72). In the nursing practice, the measure of effects strategy is an imperative approach that helps the nurse in knowing not only whether a certain exposure such as smoking can be linked to a certain outcome such as myocardial infarction, but also determining the magnitude of this relationship.
Enormous risks would be posed to the patients if the use ...

Literature Review

Multiple research findings have shown that the risk of ischemic diseases increase with age, occur more frequently in men than women, and amongst black than white individuals. A 2001 study by Wayne et al. (2001) reported that more men than women die from coronary heart diseases, findings corroborated by Kanaya, Grady and Barret-Connor (2002). Coronary heart disease presents itself up to ten years earlier in men than women (Ryotaro and Minoru 2012). Another study showed that recurrent hospitalized myocardial infarction rate fell by 2.1% among women compared to 1.9% in men (Rosamond, Aaron, Chambless and Wang 2001). Aging is ...

Introduction

Healthcare involves the collaboration of various medical organizations, institutions, and providers, all of whom manage their own data under different storage and retrieval systems, and though practical and efficient within the target system, there is a lack of uniformity in structure across other systems (Masud et al. 2012). Moreover, there are often variations in data compiled from the same resources. This lack of synergy between the various data storage systems, and the types of information stored, preclude the sharing of data among the various healthcare professionals, institutions, and organizations. E-health systems, on the other hand, allow the storage and retrieval ...

Abstract

Heart failure (2.6% prevalent worldwide) is a complex clinical syndrome, resulting from a structural or functional cardiac disorder and impairing ventricular filling or ejection capability. The current case of a 59-year-old male patient admitted on August 18, 2016 due to worsening shortness of breath and bilateral left extremity edema (one week) involved an existing diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2). Physical and clinical profiles indicate a comorbidity between heart failure (HF) and DM2. Laboratory and imaging findings were not indicated, while diagnosis was based on the NYHA Classification guidelines. A review of literature revealed three crucial weaknesses in the diagnosis. ...

Introduction

Heart valve surgery is used for the repairing or replacement of valves of the heart that are diseased. The patients receive general anesthesia in this type of surgery whereby the surgeon makes a large surgical incision in the breastbone. The incision is meant to enable the surgeon to reach the aorta and the heart (Kato Paragraph 2). The relevance of stroke to the procedure of open-chest valve surgery is that it is one of the risks associated with cardiac surgery. Other risks include death, failure of the kidneys, cardiac arrest, irregular beats of the heart, and post-pericardiotomy syndrome (Kato ...

The most threatening health issues in the world today are associated with the problem of weight. There have increased cases of weight related issues, the most common one being obesity. Obesity leaves a person vulnerable to other conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and severe instances of high blood pressure. There have been numerous efforts to increase healthy lifestyles that would reduce such conditions, but the issue of weight still looms in the background. One of the beauties surrounding the internet is that it has brought about is the use of online regulated diet programs that have proved to be more efficient ...

who have had an ischemic stroke

BACKGROUND

Prolonged lowering of a patient’s blood pressure after a stroke occurs has been observed to reduce the risk of recurrent stroke. Additionally, the inhibition of the renin-angiotensin system in with regard to high-risk patients has also managed to reduce the rate of subsequent cardio vascular events, which includes stroke related complications. However, the effect of lowering a patient’s blood pressure using a renin-angiotestin system inhibitor such as Telmisartan, soon after an ischemic stroke has occurred has not yet been clearly established.
According to previous research studies and statistics retrieved from WHO, stroke has been ...

Office Base Strategies for the Management of Obesity 3

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The purpose of the present literature review was to investigate obesity within the intellectual disability population. 3
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Understanding the problem 6
Management Strategies 7
Policies at work Place 8
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Office Base Strategies for the Management of Obesity
Introduction
This research aims to discuss different office based strategies, which can help prevent and control obesity. The problem of obesity can be managed at workplace by providing financial incentives ...

Abstract

Introduction
Transitioning from a life at home with parents and the teachers as in charge into a college life where the student finds independence of every choice possible, problems like risky behaviors and irregular sleep patterns are nothing out of the ordinary. This new-found freedom is in most cases seen to be unfavorable for the college student because 70 to 96 percent of the student in college get less than 8 hours of sleep per day.
This is not a blanket rate which applies to the student of every major from each and every department; rather there are students ...

Pre-eclampsia is a condition that affects a significant percentage of mothers, and accounts for mother death during childbirth anywhere from fifteen to twenty percent of the time—pre-eclampsia is one of the most significant and important causes of maternal death during childbirth to this day (Sibai, Dekker & Kupferminc, 2005; Ghulmiyyah & Sibai, 2012). As such, it is immensely important to develop strategies to deal with the problem of pre-eclampsia, but it is also essentially important to develop strategies for dealing with education and prevention of the condition (Villar et al., 2003). There are a number of common conditions that are ...

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Diet is necessary to everyone for continuing the life. Its utility occupies a significant position in the biological world. The unique benefit the diet provides is of paramount importance in achieving the health-specific goals. However, alongside with knowing about the diet and its role in health, it is essential to develop certain awareness about its assessment. With the advancement of technology various approaches were believed to exist with regard to the dietary assessment. In such context, the present description deals with a topic entitled, Dietary Assessment Using Electronic Method.

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As per the sources, the connection between routine intake of ...

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s My Beloved World

In her recently published memoire, My Beloved World, 1 Justice Sonia Sotomayor narrates her personal story, from her childhood growing up in a Bronx housing project up to the time she first becomes a judge. Focusing on the events and persons that made her the person she is today, she recounts how she becomes a successful lawyer and judge, overcoming seemingly insurmountable obstacles, such as chronic juvenile diabetes and limited English language skills. She weaves an engaging story where many of her relatives and friends such as her paternal grandmother (Abuelita) and her Yale mentor José Cabranes come to life as ...

The topic whether meat or vegetarian diet is the better choice is a bone of contention for centuries. Admittedly, it is very difficult to figure out the advantages and disadvantages of both diets to determine what ways one overweighs the other. Volumes have been already written on the topic, and this paper in particular will argue that vegetarian diet is advisable when compared to meat diet that involves numerous risks. This will review a few reliable sources to make a clear view of the topic and its scope for further research.
Until recently, the advantages of vegetarianism were not clinically proven, ...

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Obesity refers to the condition of having weight more than average fatness. This medical condition is thought to be caused by hereditary factors but some environmental factors are also involved in this problem. Obesity in childhood is becoming an important problem for the world. BMI that is more than the 97th percentile for age and sex in children is considered as the point for childhood obesity. Childhood obesity can increase the chances of other medical problems such as hypertension and diabetes. Prevention is considered as the best strategy in reducing the problem of obesity. Treatment of this condition ...

Denying children a chance to interact with nature in the smallest magnitude robes the true beauty of life. Outdoor environment is not only a place to burn calories, but it is also a platform in which children can foster the learning skills. According to miller 1989 and Burdette and Whitaker (2004), it is accepted that freely chosen outdoor games and activities help children learn life skills such as social competence, creative thinking, problem -solving and safety skills necessary for adult life. Burdette and Whitaker (2005), emphasizes that if children have regular opportunities to mingle with nature, they will be smarter, healthier, happier. ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of mortality in the US. According to American heart association statistics, nearly one million men and women succumb to various complications from CVD. In the US, CVD claims more lives than cancer and AIDS combined (CDC, 2012). It is also one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide (WHO). The economic cost of CVD in 2008 was estimated to be $448.9 billion, which was double the cost estimated for the year 2007, $219 billion.
There are a number of factors to the incidence of CVD. These include non modifiable factors such ...

An important aspect of providing quality healthcare is ensuring the diagnosis, giving proper care, and encouraging compliance of acre for those who have chronic diseases. People who suffer from chronic ailments come in every age, both genders, all ethnicities, and from all socio-economic backgrounds.
Diabetes is a disease that is being increasingly common in the United States. About 24 million Americans have the disease, or about 8% of the population, which can lead to disability and even death. The largest increase is in younger people, with the largest cause being obesity. Some of the measurements associated with diabetes include ...

Literature Review

This paper gives a literature review on the steps which should be taken by international students in managing their nutritional needs. There has been an influx of international students in the Australian universities (Government of South Australia, 2011). Given that most of these students come from different countries with diverse cultural backgrounds, it becomes inevitable that they have to face a lot of challenges in the course of their studies in this nation. One of the major challenges faced is diet. This means that when they come here, they find a new diet which may be unique to them. However, this leaves ...

Introduction

Matcha Green Tea which is also known as maccha is a fine powder of green tea.1 It’s origin is in Japan though it has come to be spread in most parts of the world, notably in Asia. It is gradually creeping into the rest of the world, including America.4 Though it is mainly used as a beverage; matcha is also used in various ways such as flavoring as well as dying of foods which include green tea ice cream, noodles, soba and mocha noodles.1 It is also widely used for the making of Japanese confectionary also known as the wagashi. ...

Nutrition among the premenopausal and postmenopausal is an issue of interest to scholars presently. Through these studies, scholars assess the diet quality and dietary intakes of the target group and determine whether the diets affect their health, specifically osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases. The design used in the study was cross sectional study design, which entailed the use of anthropometric measurements and food records.
In carrying out the study, the pre and postmenopausal women were targeted. The methods used in the study were biochemical assessment used in general analyzing of the hormone oestrogen. A venopuncture was used to collect ...

Literature Review

Physicians always encounter innumerable number of patients with chest pains every day. The cause of these chest pains cannot always be pinpointed to a single health factor. However, veritably a good percentage of these chest pain cases are traced to a wide range of heart diseases. Acute Coronary Syndrome is one such heart disease that has been found to be a possible causation of the chest pains that are incessantly encountered by physicians. Commonly abbreviated as ACS, Acute Coronary Syndrome results in the blockage of some parts or the heart’s entire coronary arteries.

Definition

Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is a cardiac condition with an ...