Evidence-Based Practice Project—Paper on Diabetes

Evidence-Based Practice Project—Paper on Diabetes

Maissi, E., Ridge, K., Treasure, J., Chalder, T., Roche, S., Bartlett, J., ... & Ismail, K. (2011). Nurse-led psychological interventions to improve diabetes control: assessing competencies. Patient Education and Counseling, 84(2), e37-e43.

Aim

The central reson of the research is to find out that how nurses can provide the cognitive behavioral therapy and motivational enhancement therapy up to an experienced stage and maintenance of the dealing reliability is also identified. The suboptimal glycaemic control is common in type 1 diabetes. The factors which are responsible in the suboptimal glycaemic control are diversified, and they include many biological factors like the functioning of liver, subcutaneous absorption of insulin, psychological barriers and autonomic arousal (DeVries, Snoek & Heine, 2004).

Significance

It is apparent that the usefulness of psychological management in the improvement of glycaemic control in the in patients who are suffering from type 1 diabetes. The diabetes experts are always available to the patients of diabetes, and they are also aware of several psychological treatments that can be effective for patients suffering from diabetes. The central purpose of the present study is to find out the ability of nurses for the practice of the two psychological treatments by a randomized control design. A randomized common test was performed to find out the effect of motivational enhancement therapy along with the cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of diabetes.

Methods

The training method included teaching in the classroom, written materials, audiovisual feedback and a training caseload. The motivational interviewing treatment integrity was used along with the elements of motivational interviewing skill code and the revised 12 item cognitive treatment scale. They were used to evaluate the fidelity of treatment and competency. Two clinical psychologists did a random selection of the 40 sessions.

Results

The results indicated ...