Empowerment and metabolic control in patients with diabetes mellitus
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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)

Professor David Robert THOMPSON (那打素护理学院)

邵德英教授 (那打素护理学院)

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数位物件识别号 (DOI) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cein.2005.04.003

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摘要Objective: Metabolic control is believed to be central to positive clinical outcome in patients with diabetes. Empowerment has been linked to improved metabolic control in this clinical group, though such a relationship remains equivocal. The current study sought to determine if patient empowerment predicted metabolic control. Design: A cross-sectional study design was used with all observations taken on one occasion. Setting: Participants were assessed at a diabetes specialist out-patient clinic. Participants: http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/189 patients participated in the study. The majority of patients had type 2 diabetes mellitus (N = http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/158, 84%). Main outcome measures: Empowerment was assessed using the Chinese Diabetes Empowerment Scale. Metabolic control was assessed by reference to blood HbAhttp://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1c levels. Results: C-DES sub-scale scores explained little variation in HbAhttp://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1c levels. Conclusions: There appears to be no relationship between patient empowerment and metabolic control in this clinical group. Nurses working within an empowerment model with patients with diabetes should be aware of a possibility of a non linear relationship and the complexity involved in maintaining good metabolic control. ? 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

着者Shiu A.T.Y., Martin C.R., Thompson D.R., Wong R.Y.M.
期刊名称Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing
出版年份2005
月份3
日期http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1
卷号9
期次http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1-2
出版社W. B. Saunders Co., Ltd.
出版地United Kingdom
页次88 - 9http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1
国际标準期刊号http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/136http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1-9004
语言英式英语

关键词Diabetes, Empowerment, HbAhttp://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/1c, Metabolic control