Effectiveness of family involvement in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients: a follow-up study
In recent years, the global prevalence of diabetes has increased significantly. The number of Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) ranks first in the world. Diabetes ranks in the third place among chronic non-communicable diseases according to the morbidity, disability and mortality as well as the degree of harm to human health, and it has brought a heavy burden on healthcare [1–3]. The family is an important place for people to influence lifestyle intervention of family members to participate may improve health and reduce disease relapse rate, increase well-being of the family, help improve diabetes, hypertension, stroke, dialysis, cancer treatment compliance and correct bad habits [4,5].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Mai Shi, Mei-Yan Xu, Zhao-Lan Liu, Xue-Ying Duan, Yan-Bo Zhu, Hui-Mei Shi, Bo Jiang, Xiao-Mei Zhang, Xiao-Han Yu Source Type: research
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