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Filter by:Managing and taking medications as prescribed can be a difficult task. This is especially true for older adults living at home with chronic conditions while managing multiple prescribed medications. In response, Catalyst Healthcare has adopted an integrated medication dispensing system that intends to improve patient adherence to medications and quality of care through real-time pharmacists and caregiver support.Catalyst Healthcare has launched an integrated at-home medication dispenser system called spencer. Spencer is a natural extension that plugs into Catalyst's AdhereNet platform, connecting high-risk patients in home care setting to a multi-disciplinary care team in real-time. Study is funded by the Centre of Aging and Brain Health Innovation (CABHI). Investigators are conducting a randomized controlled trial with a target sample size of 100 participants to examine the efficacy of an in-home electronic medication dispensing system (MDS) on improving medication adherence in community-dwelling older adults with chronic conditions. 50 of these participants will be assigned to the intervention group (medication management with Spencer) and 50 will be assigned to the control group (medication management without Spencer). Medication adherence and patient-related data will be collected over a six-month period. Participants health status and characteristics will be obtained through baseline assessment upon enrollment. A monthly follow-up survey will be completed to collect medication management and adherence data. Adherence data for spencer-users will be collected from Catalyst Healthcare technology platform. In the control group, adherence will be measured through monthly medication logs completed by participants.
The objective of this project is to assess the fidelity and sustainability of in improving provider performance with Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) assessment and ulcer staging with the would ischemia foot infection (WIfI) tool for new patients with lower extremity ulcers due to peripheral artery disease (PAD) and diabetes mellitus (DM) at RHCs in the telemedicine network through a rural provider education program that is aligned with preexisting continuing medical education activities.
To build a registry of diabetic volunteers by inviting them to get a LiverMultiScan and collecting their contact information to seek interest in participating in future research studies.
Reducing hypoglycemia is an important aspect of management of type 1 diabetes (T1D) in older adults, many of whom have hypoglycemic unawareness, cognitive impairment, or both. Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) offers the opportunity to reduce hypoglycemia and its related complications such as fractures from falls and hospitalizations and improve QOL including reducing hypoglycemic fear and diabetes distress. The potential benefit of CGM in reducing hypoglycemia in the older adult population has not been well studied. Prior and on-going trials compare CGM to self-monitoring of blood glucose levels, but none look at remote daily monitoring of CGM data or provision of telemedicine based on clinic notification of hypoglycemic events. This study is a 14 week, single center, pilot study of 10 subjects 65-75 yrs old with type 1 diabetes. The primary aim is to determine the effect of continuous remote CGM reporting coupled with a telemedicine intervention (Tele-CGM program) on rates of hypoglycemia in adults with T1D >65 years old. Study staff will review Tidepool uploads and call/email to the patient if one of the following occur has occurred in the past 24 hours: ≥4 hours without CGM signal, ≥2 hours 54 - 70 mg/dl and/or 15 minutes <54 mg/dl. Tele-monitoring call will include questions to find out why the event happened and then suggestions on how to trouble shoot to avoid issues in the future. As this is a feasibility study, statistical considerations were not used.
The study aims to assess foot complications among patients with diabetes in Canada, using patient data collected during diabetes foot assessments performed by the LMC Chiropody Team between February 27, 2018 and April 17, 2019.
COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease-2019) is a life-threatening infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that appeared in December 2019 in the Wuhan district. COVID-19 has since affected more than 150 countries across the world and especially France. The first epidemiological data, mostly from Chinese studies, indicate that diabetes is one of the most common comorbidities, with high blood pressure, in patients with COVID-19. Moreover, the presence of diabetes at admission would be a risk factor for both ICU hospitalization and death. Nevertheless, specific data on people with diabetes and COVID-19 are fragmentary, justifying the achievement of a dedicated prospective observational study. The French nationwide CORONADO study aims to specifically describe the phenotypic characteristics of patients with diabetes admitted to hospital with COVID-19 infection. Particular attention will be devoted to glycemic control at admission (i.e. the level of HbA1c), the diabetic complications, as well as anti-diabetic and antihypertensive therapies. This study will provide answers to caregivers and patients with diabetes regarding the risk factors related to diabetes for COVID-19 prognosis. This pilot study will be used for the development of new studies and for the establishment of recommendations for the cost of care in patients with diabetes and COVID-19.
It has been reported that nearly half of the patients who are hospitalized for Covid-19 pneumonia have on admission old age or comorbidities. In particular, hypertension was present in 30% of the cases, diabetes in 19%, coronary heart disease in 8% and chronic obstructive lung disease in 3% of the patients. Amazingly, in the two major studies published in the Lancet (Zhou F et al Lancet 2020) and in the New England Journal of Medicine (Guan W et al 2020), the weight of the subjects as well their body mass index (BMI) were omitted. However, obesity, alone or in association with diabetes, can be a major predisposition factor for Covid-19 infection. The primary end-point of our prospective, observational study is to assess the recovery rate in patients with diagnosis of Covid-19 pneumonia. Among the other secondary end-points, we intend to find the predictors of the time to clinical improvement or hospital discharge in patients affected by Covid-19 pneumonia.
Patients with type 2 DM who are following will be enrolled into the study. Two visits were scheduled for data collection, physical examination and laboratory testing of the patients: the first prior to initiation of alpha lipoic acid (ALA) administration (baseline visit) and the second at the end of the third month following initiation of ALA (2nd visit).
Hypercholesterolemia is frequent (prevalence of 30% in general population) and constitue with diabetes, obesity and arterial hypertension a major risk factor of atherosclerosis that leads to cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to atherosclerosis of the arterial vessel wall and to thrombosis is the foremost cause of premature mortality and of disability-adjusted life years in Europe, and is also increasingly common in developing countries. In the European Union, the economic cost of CVD represents annually €192 billion in direct and indirect healthcare costs. The main clinical entities are coronary artery disease (CAD), ischaemic stroke, and peripheral arterial disease (PAD). The causes of these CVDs are multifactorial. Some of these factors relate to lifestyles, such as tobacco smoking, lack of physical activity, and dietary habits, and are thus modifiable. Other risk factors are also modifiable, such as elevated blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidaemias, or non-modifiable, such as age and male gender. LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) is one of the major risk factors for CVD, through its role in the development of atherosclerosis The efficacy of statins has been demonstrated by a considerable amount of literature not only in lowering LDL cholesterol levels but also in reducing cardiovascular events, both in diabetes and non-diabetes patients. Guidelines for the management of dyslipidemia have emerged from different countries. Thereby, in 2016 the French Society of Endocrinology (SFE) and the New French Society of Atherosclerosis (NSFA) published a consensus statement on the management of dyslipidemias integrating features from European recommendations. However, LDL-C goal attainment has rarely been assessed specifically in diabetes population, in which CVD is of particular importance. This study aimed to assess the rate of patients which requiered an management in cardiovascular risk treatment according to european recommendations. This observationnal study was carried in Diabetes-Nutrition unit of the University Hospital of Montpellier - France. Data of age, sex, tobacco smoking, body mass index, hypertension, presence and type of CVD (coronary artery disease, stroke, peripheral arterial disease), treatment by statins (intensity, molecule, dosage), diabetes complicaion (nephropathy, retinopathy) were collected at admission. Management of cardiovasculare risk treatment (initiation, modificiation of dosage, molecule or others …) were collected during hospitalization and at discharge of hospitalization. LDL-C, HDL-C and triglycerides levels calculated with the Friedewald formula, and glomerular filtration rate calculated according to the CKD-EPI formula were obtained from blood samples taken within 24 hours of hospitalization admission. Cardiovascular risk level and LDL-c target values were definied according to ESC guidelines.
Diabetes is considered an epidemic disease with the 463 million affected patients (between 20-79 years) and it is estimated that 578 million people will have diabetes by 2030 [1]. According to The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reports, 4,2 million adults were considered to die due to diabetes and its complications in 2019. Because of this situation, diabetes treatment is so important. The recommendations for the treatment of DM include medications and lifestyle management, which includes physical activity (PA), medical nutrition therapy, smoking cessation counseling, and psychosocial care. PA is an important aspect of management that directly under the control of the patients. So the investigators want to interrogate the effect of exercise on blood parameters, blood pressure, body compositions.