SGS: a structured treatment and teaching programme for older patients with diabetes mellitus--a prospective randomised controlled multi-centre trial

200975 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Anke Braun · Robert Bosch Stiftung

Thomas Kubiak · Universität Greifswald

J. Kuntsche · Segeberger Kliniken

M. Meier-Hofig

Ulrich Müller · Friedrich Schiller University Jena

I. Feucht

Andrej Zeyfang

Abstract

the new SGS diabetes education programme, focusing on the learning capabilities and the particular needs of older persons, is effective in improving metabolic control and in maintaining auto-sufficiency in geriatric patients with diabetes mellitus.

Topics & Keywords

Diabetes Management and Education Chronic Disease Management Strategies Diabetes Management and Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Age and Ageing

Volume 38, Issue 4, pp. 390-396

DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp056

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