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Integrating An Automated Diabetes Management System Into The Family Management Of Children With Type 1 Diabetes., Tammy R. Toscos, Stephen W. Ponder, Barbara J. Anderson, Mayer B. Davidson, Martin L. Lee, Elaine Montemayor-Gonzalez, Patricia Reyes, Eric Link, Kevin L. Mcmahon Jul 2014

Integrating An Automated Diabetes Management System Into The Family Management Of Children With Type 1 Diabetes., Tammy R. Toscos, Stephen W. Ponder, Barbara J. Anderson, Mayer B. Davidson, Martin L. Lee, Elaine Montemayor-Gonzalez, Patricia Reyes, Eric Link, Kevin L. Mcmahon

Tammy R Toscos

OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to evaluate how the use of a pervasive blood glucose monitoring (BGM) technology relates to glycemic control, report of self-care behavior, and emotional response to BGM of children with type 1 diabetes and their parents. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Forty-eight children aged less than 12 years (mean 8.8 years) with type 1 diabetes were randomly assigned to one of two study groups, a control group (conventional care without technology) or an experimental group (conventional care with technology), and followed for 12 months. Families in the experimental group were given the Automated Diabetes Management System (ADMS), …


Fatigue In The Presence Of Coronary Heart Disease, Ann L. Eckhardt, Holli A. Devon, Mariann R. Piano, Catherine J. Ryan, Julie J. Zerwic Mar 2014

Fatigue In The Presence Of Coronary Heart Disease, Ann L. Eckhardt, Holli A. Devon, Mariann R. Piano, Catherine J. Ryan, Julie J. Zerwic

Ann L. Eckhardt

Fatigue is a prevalent and disabling symptom associated with many acute and chronic conditions. It has been identified as a symptom of acute myocardial infarction and chronic heart failure, but it has not been explored in patients with stable coronary heart disease (CHD). Objectives: The purpose of this partially mixed sequential dominant status study was to: 1) describe fatigue in patients with stable CHD, 2) determine if specific demographic (sex, age, education, income), physiologic (hypertension, hyperlipidemia) or psychological variables (depressive symptoms) were correlated with fatigue, and 3) determine if fatigue was associated with health-related quality of life. The theory of …