Loveness Dube1, Stephan Van den Broucke1, Marie Housiaux1, William Dhoore2, Kirstie Rendall-Mkosi3. 1. Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium (Miss Dube, Prof Van den Broucke, Dr Housiaux) 2. Institute of Health and Society, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium (Prof Dhoore) 3. School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, South Africa (Dr Rendall-Mkosi)
Abstract
PURPOSE: Although self-management education is a key factor in the care for diabetes patients, its implementation in developing countries is not well documented. This systematic review considers the published literature on diabetes self-management education in high and low mortality developing countries. The aim is to provide a state of the art of current practices and assess program outcomes, cultural sensitivity, and accessibility to low literate patients. METHODS: The Cochrane Library, PubMed, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, and PsycArticles databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles on type 2 diabetes published in English between 2009 and 2013. The World Bank and WHO burden of disease criteria were applied to distinguish between developing countries with high and low mortality. Information was extracted using a validated checklist. RESULTS: Three reviews and 23 primary studies were identified, 18 of which were from low mortality developing countries. Studies from high mortality countries were mostly quasi-experimental, those from low mortality countries experimental. Interventions were generally effective on behavior change and patients' glycemic control in the short term (≤9 months). While 57% of the studies mentioned cultural tailoring of interventions, only 17% reported on training of providers, and 39% were designed to be accessible for people with low literacy. CONCLUSIONS: The limited studies available suggest that diabetes self-management education programs in developing countries are effective in the short term but must be tailored to conform to the cultural aspects of the target population.
PURPOSE: Although self-management education is a key factor in the care for diabetespatients, its implementation in developing countries is not well documented. This systematic review considers the published literature on diabetes self-management education in high and low mortality developing countries. The aim is to provide a state of the art of current practices and assess program outcomes, cultural sensitivity, and accessibility to low literate patients. METHODS: The Cochrane Library, PubMed, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, and PsycArticles databases were searched for peer-reviewed articles on type 2 diabetes published in English between 2009 and 2013. The World Bank and WHO burden of disease criteria were applied to distinguish between developing countries with high and low mortality. Information was extracted using a validated checklist. RESULTS: Three reviews and 23 primary studies were identified, 18 of which were from low mortality developing countries. Studies from high mortality countries were mostly quasi-experimental, those from low mortality countries experimental. Interventions were generally effective on behavior change and patients' glycemic control in the short term (≤9 months). While 57% of the studies mentioned cultural tailoring of interventions, only 17% reported on training of providers, and 39% were designed to be accessible for people with low literacy. CONCLUSIONS: The limited studies available suggest that diabetes self-management education programs in developing countries are effective in the short term but must be tailored to conform to the cultural aspects of the target population.
Authors: David Flood; Sandy Mux; Boris Martinez; Pablo García; Kate Douglas; Vera Goldberg; Waleska Lopez; Peter Rohloff Journal: PLoS One Date: 2016-09-01 Impact factor: 3.240