The Contribution of Diabetes Education in the Treatment of People with Type 2 Diabetes and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.
Diabetes has caused 5.1 million deaths, primarily from cardiovascular disease. Large clinical studies have proven the importance of intensive control of diabetes from diagnosis to prevent microvascular and macrovascular complications of the disease in the long term. Diabetes education conducted by an interdisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, nutritionists, psychologists, and others is a necessary tool to ensure effective behavioral change and help overcome the obstacles that may hinder self care. Several studies have been analyzed in this review, in which we find a variety of results. Diabetes education has proven to be essential to patient compliance with their T2DM treatment; the main objective is to prevent acute and chronic complications, especially cardiovascular ones, which are the main causes of mortality.
The Center for Obesity and Diabetes, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil. gabycavic@hotmail.com.
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The Center for Obesity and Diabetes, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Guerbali
The Center for Obesity and Diabetes, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
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The Center for Obesity and Diabetes, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Silva
The Center for Obesity and Diabetes, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
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The Center for Obesity and Diabetes, Oswaldo Cruz German Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil.
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D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications*; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012306:Risk
Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Diabetes education