Abstract

This abstract will discuss the urgently need for improving self-management in people with diabetes from Mexico through an educative intervention. Assisting participants in self-management to build their skills may decrease morbidity and mortality and decrease future health care costs. Through this intervention, participants received valuable information on diabetes self-care behaviors.

Author Details

Lidia Compean, PhD; Beatriz Del Angel, MNS, RN; José Rivera-Pérez, MET; Paulina Aguilera, MNS, RN -- School of Nursing, Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Tampico Tamaulipas, Mexico; Diane C. Berry, PhD, ANP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Sigma Membership

Tau Alpha

Lead Author Affiliation

Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Diabetes, Intervention, Self-management

Conference Name

30th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Conference Year

2019

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Learning to live with diabetes: Educative intervention for improving self-management

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This abstract will discuss the urgently need for improving self-management in people with diabetes from Mexico through an educative intervention. Assisting participants in self-management to build their skills may decrease morbidity and mortality and decrease future health care costs. Through this intervention, participants received valuable information on diabetes self-care behaviors.