Symptom Prevalence and Treatments Among Mexican Americans With Type 2 Diabetes

García, Alexandra

doi:10.1177/0145721705278801

Cited by 25 publications

(28 citation statements)

References 13 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…[51][52][53][54] Remarkably, there has been little attention to acute cardiac symptoms in the context of diabetes. Diabetes and female sex are risk factors for MI without chest pain 12,55 ; lack of chest pain may make symptom recognition more difficult.…”

Section: Symptom Recognition and Treatment-seeking Delaymentioning

confidence: 99%

Symptoms of acute coronary syndrome in women with diabetes: An integrative review of the literature

2008

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Symptom Recognition and Treatment-seeking Delaymentioning

confidence: 99%

Symptoms of acute coronary syndrome in women with diabetes: An integrative review of the literature

2008

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…[10][11][12][13] In brief, the setting was Starr County, one of 14 Texas counties delimited in part by the Rio Grande River and bordering Northern Mexico; 98% of Starr County residents are Mexican American, and 35% of these are foreign born. 14 The County has been designated by the State of Texas as a Health Professional Shortage and Medically Underserved Area, with lower ratios of physicians and nurses to the population than the rest of the State.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most individuals did not conduct SMBG to verify symptoms. [10][11][12][13] Informal interviews with these individuals indicated that their misinterpretations of the causal nature of symptoms posed a major obstacle to achieving overall glycemic control.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring Patterns in Mexican Americans: Further Lessons from the Starr County Border Health Initiative

Cuevas

Brown

García

et al. 2015

Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: The purpose was to describe patterns of home self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) in Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus enrolled in a diabetes self-management education protocol. Research questions were as follows: (1) What were the patterns and rates of home glucose self-monitoring over the 6-month course of the study? (2) What were the differences in monitoring rates between experimental and control groups? (3) What were the relationships between rates of monitoring and glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C), gender, and years with diabetes? Subjects and Methods: We used a randomized (by group) repeated-measures pretest/posttest control group design. Glucometer data from an experimental group (diabetes self-management education plus nurse case management) and a comparison group (diabetes self-management education only) were analyzed. Data were collected at baseline and at 3 and 6 months. Results: Overall average SMBG rates were low. Experimental and control group monitoring levels were not significantly different. More females than males never monitored glucose values, but more females than males checked at least one time per week. Those participants who checked their glucose levels more than once per week had diabetes for a longer period of time. Rates of monitoring were not strongly associated with A1C levels at 3 and 6 months, but at 6 months A1C levels were statistically significantly different based on whether or not individuals monitored their glucose levels (P = 0.03, n = 71). Conclusions: SMBG rates were low in this study despite SMBG education and access to free glucometers and test strips. The lower rates of SMBG may reflect the effects of unexpected environmental challenges, but exact causes remain unclear. Reasons for low rates of SMBG need to be explored further, especially in underserved communities.

show abstract

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Fatigue is a perplexing problem for healthcare providers. 8 Wessely suggests that because fatigue is a non-specific and universal symptom, chronic fatigue is challenging to diagnose and treat.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Fatigue in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes – An Overview of Current Understanding and Management Approaches

Fritschi¹,

Fink²

2010

European Endocrinology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Patients with type 2 diabetes often experience fatigue, which impacts their self-care and quality of life. There are few data supporting a relationship between fatigue and glucose homeostasis, but fatigue in type 2 diabetes has been associated with higher body mass index (BMI), depression, physical inactivity, sleep disturbances and chronic low-grade inflammation. Although links between fatigue and inflammation are documented in other disease populations, little is known about inflammatory mechanisms specific to type 2 diabetes and associated treatment modalities for type 2 diabetes-related fatigue. Herein we review existing knowledge about fatigue in type 2 diabetes and potential pharmacological and behavioural therapies.

show abstract

Symptom Prevalence and Treatments Among Mexican Americans With Type 2 Diabetes

Cited by 25 publications

References 13 publications

Symptoms of acute coronary syndrome in women with diabetes: An integrative review of the literature

Symptoms of acute coronary syndrome in women with diabetes: An integrative review of the literature

Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring Patterns in Mexican Americans: Further Lessons from the Starr County Border Health Initiative

Fatigue in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes – An Overview of Current Understanding and Management Approaches

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About