Topics in Nursing: Chronic Illness - Focus on Diabetes

Chronic Illness - Diabetes Issues

Chronic Illness 

Chronic Disease Overview         (AIHW, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)

Chronic disease and systems    (The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre)

Risk factors

Living with diabetes and disadvantage: A qualitative, geographical case study, 2020 (AU)

Social Determinants of Health and Diabetes: A Scientific Review, 2020 (Open Access)

Risk factors and prediction of hypoglycaemia using the Hypo-RESOLVE cohort: a secondary analysis of pooled data from insulin clinical trials, 2024 (Open Access)

Diabetes self-care activities and its correlates in patients with diabetic neuropathy, 2024 (Open Access)

Risk perceptions of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus regarding insulin therapy and diabetes complications: A cross-sectional study, 2023 

Prevention and Management

Nurse-led remote digital support for adults with chronic conditions: A systematic synthesis without meta-analysis, 2025

Intensive Lifestyle Intervention for Remission of Early Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care in Australia: DiRECT-Aus, 2023 (AU Open Access)

Community co-design to target diabetes and metabolic syndrome in Australian Indigenous peoples, 2023 (AU Open Access)

Diabetic Ketoacidosis at Onset of Type 1 Diabetes and Long-term HbA1c in 7,961 Children and Young Adults in the Australasian Diabetes Data Network , 2022 (AU)

Health Literacy, Cognitive Impairment, and Diabetes Knowledge Among Incarcerated Persons Transitioning to the Community: Considerations for Intervention Development, 2024

Education and training

Improving care practices of the patient with type 2 diabetes in community health centers, 2024

The impact of interprofessional education on students' current and desired competence in diabetes care, 2023 (Open Access)

Topical Collection on Hospital Management of Diabetes
Current Diabetes Reports (Springer Journals)
ISSN: 1534-4827 (Print) 1539-0829 (Online)

A collection of 48 articles on diabetes management within the hospital inpatient setting

• ⇒Inpatient Hypoglycemia: A Challenge That Must Be Addressed, 2013
• ⇒Glycemic Management in the Operating Room: Screening, Monitoring, Oral Hypoglycemics, and Insulin Therapy, 2019
• ⇒Management of Hyperglycemia and Diabetes in the Emergency Department, 2017
• ⇒Management of the Hospitalized Transplant Patient, 2015

To access all articles in this collection please see:

Topical Collection on Hospital Management of Diabetes (48 articles) 

Other Topical Collections on Diabetes 

Topical Collection on Diabetes Epidemiology (34 articles)

Topical Collection on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Diabetes/Cardiovascular Risk (47 articles)

Topical Collection on Health Care Delivery Systems and Implementation in Diabetes (39 articles)

Topical Collection on Immunology, Transplantation, and Regenerative Medicine (34 articles)

Current Diabetes Reports - Collections
All Collections (some articles are Open Access or in SVHM Collection for other articles of interest, please use our Doc Del service)

Resources

Toolkits, educational material, guidelines, health professional portal

Prevention, Research, News

Resources

Toolkits, educational material, guidelines, health professional portal

Prevention, Research, News

Current and future trends in chronic disease prevention research

Elly Howse’s presentation at the Public Health Association of Australia’s Preventive Health Conference 2020 (AU)

Diabetes Core Update - U.S.A.

"Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 25 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals".

Diabetes Core Update Sept 2024

Diabetes Core Update - All issues

ADS Australian Diabetes Society

The Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) – is the peak national medical and scientific body in Australia on diabetes for health professionals.

Current Position Statements & Guidelines - ALL

• Consensus Statement: The Use of Diabetes Specific Nutritional Formulas in Type 2 Diabetes (August 2024)
• HbA1c for Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus (May 2023)
• ADS-ANZCA Perioperative Diabetes and Hyperglycaemia Guidelines Adults (November 2022)

ADEA Clinical Guidelines

Australian Diabetes Educators Association resource with standards, guidelines and position statements from an Australian nursing perspective.

• Clinical Guiding Principles for Sick Day Management of Adults with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes – A Guide for Health Professionals
• ADEA Clinical Recommendations – Subcutaneous Injection Technique
• National Core Competencies for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Diabetes Health Workers and Diabetes Health Practitioners

NDSS Diabetes Australia - Best Practice Guidelines

•  Best-practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of diabetes 

International Guidelines

• Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Adult Patients in Non-Critical Care Settings: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline, 2022

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