Picot Questions

Picot Questions

Picot Questions

PICOT QUESTIONS 1 PICOT Question: Diabetes Management Student Name Institution Name Course Number Due Date Faculty Name PICOT Question: Diabetes Management Diabetes is a widespread chronic disease that affects more than 10% of the population in the United States (American Diabetes Association, 2018). Diabetes is a long-life disease that affects both children and adults. It claims over 150,000 each year. Persons suffering from diabetes either have high blood sugar level because there is low production of insulin in the body or the body cells do not utilize the produced insulin. Diabetes mellitus is in two forms namely: Type 1 diabetes mellitus which is caused by lack of insulin in the patient’s body.

The loss of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas causes the deficit. In most cases Type 1 diabetes is hereditary from the parents and it is mainly found in children. The other form of diabetes is Type 2 diabetes mellitus, it’s defined by the inability of bodily tissues to respond to insulin adequately, and it's often accompanied by insulin insufficiency. It is the most common type of diabetes. For patients to live a high-quality life and limit the risk of complications, proper diabetes treatment is necessary.

The average diabetic patient, on the other hand, has little information of how to manage their illness. The paper aims to improve diabetes self-management skills for diabetic patients through diabetes education and training. PICOT Questions In patients with Type 2 diabetes, can weekly self-management training and education program in comparison to standard DSMT be more effective in diabetes self-management behavior and knowledge? In the paper we will discuss about type 2 diabetes mellitus among adult patients. Type 2 diabetes is the most common type of diabetes in the world and is mainly found in adults.

As stated above, type 2 diabetes is brought by the inability of tissues to respond to insulin adequately makes. Patients suffering from type 2 diabetes tend not to respond correctly to insulin and because of the cells inability to store insulin as energy it leads to high sugar build up in the blood. Diabetes type 2 happens gradually overtime and has no symptoms at first that is why in most cases diabetes type 2 is spotted when one is an adult. Type 2 diabetes increases as a person gets older especially at the age of 45 and above. How can diabetes mellitus be managed?

To control diabetes mellitus fully we must first train the patients where nurses are given the mandate to teach people with diabetes on how to manage their condition. The nurses teach them the following: The patients are taught how to handle insulin reaction, how to identify signs of high and low blood glucose and what to do if they occur, how to use glucose monitor to check glucose levels and how to change their health habits (it includes food choices and them doing exercises (Adrienneciletti, 2021). This education and training will help reduce diabetic cases because they patients can manage their conditions; patients need to follow this in their daily lives. Which diabetes management method should be considered?

Diabetes self-management education and training is a significant module of incorporated diabetes care is the continual practice of promoting the information, skill, and capacity required for pre-diabetes and diabetes self-care. It's a program in which patients are educated about diabetes and how to use self-management techniques to keep the diabetes under control (Hailu et al., 2019). What does DSMT entail? DSMT usually includes diabetes disease process and treatment such as; healthy lifestyle, detecting and treating diabetes complications and use of glucose monitoring tools. DSMT is more effective and it is highly recommended for patients who have diagnosed with diabetes.

What is the desired objective? The aim is to ensure that patients adhere to Diabetes self-management behavior and knowledge. If self-management education and training is offered and more appropriate intervention is introduced in order to control diabetes it will lead to improvement of patient’s behavior. Nurses as educators provide support to patients and this keep pushing the patients to observing what they have been taught on how to manage their conditions. Patients will start changing their lifestyle by eating health food and exercising.

This will reduce severity of diabetes in their bodies. How long does it take to manage Type 2 diabetes? There is no specific time frame that states when diabetes can be managed because diabetes type 2 is a long term condition. Patients need to regularly adjust their treatment plans to manage their condition. Patients must adhere to proper diet, exercises and medications on a daily basis.

References

• Adrienneciletti, A. (2021, August 13). How Can Nurses Help Diabetes Patients? Lamar University Online.
• American Diabetes Association. (2018). Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2018. Diabetes Care, 41(Supplement 1).
• Hailu, F. B., Moen, A., & Hjortdahl, P. (2019). Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) – Effect on Knowledge, Self-Care Behavior, and Self-Efficacy Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Ethiopia: A Controlled Clinical Trial. Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy, 12, 2489–2499.