Nurses only and multidisciplinary teams were the most frequent professionals to provide education , and most educational interventions were delivered postdischarge .
Psychoeducational interventions were generally effective at reducing smoking and admissions for patients with ACS .
Culturally appropriate health education , self-management educational interventions , group medical visits and psychoeducational interventions were generally effective for patients with T2DM .
Results indicate that there is a body of current evidence about the efficacy of health education , its content and delivery methods for patients with ACS or T2DM .
OBJECTIVES This umbrella review aim ed to identify the current evidence on health education-related interventions for patients with acute coronary syndrome ( ACS ) or type two diabetes mellitus ( T2DM ) ; identify the educational content , delivery methods , intensity , duration and setting required .
The purpose was to provide recommendations for educational interventions for high-risk patients with both ACS and T2DM .
Year-long weight loss treatment for obese patients with type II diabetes: does including an intermittent very-low-calorie diet improve outcome?
PURPOSE To evaluate a year-long behavioral weight control program , used with and without an intermittent very-low-calorie diet ( VLCD ) in the treatment of type II diabetes mellitus . PATIENTS AND METHODS Subjects ( n = 93 ) were r and omly assigned to 50-week treatment programs that used either a balanced low-calorie diet ( LCD ) of 1,000 to 1,000 kilocalories ( kcal ) per day throughout or included 2 12-week periods of a VLCD of 400 to 500 kcal per day alternating with the balanced LCD .  Weight , glycemic control , blood pressure , and lipids were assessed at baseline , at the end of the year-long treatment , and at 2-year follow-up . RESULTS Subjects in the VLCD program lost significantly more weight than did LCD subjects at the end of the 50-week program ( 14.2 kg versus 10.5 kg ; P = 0.057 ) and remained off diabetes medication longer ( P < 0.05 ) . These benefits of the VLCD were due primarily to the first 12 weeks of the diet ; the second diet maintained , but did not increase , these effects . Subjects in both groups experienced marked improvements in glycemic control and cardiovascular risk factors over the year-long program , but attendance declined in the latter weeks of treatment and weight was regained . There was also marked recidivism in both groups in the year following treatment . CONCLUSIONS The intermittent VLCD improved weight loss and glycemic control , but these effects were quite modest and do not appear to justify the clinical use of an intermittent VLCD . Moreover , lengthening treatment to a full year did not prevent relapse . Thus , further research is needed to develop a successful approach to long-term weight control
Nurses only and multidisciplinary teams were the most frequent professionals to provide education , and most educational interventions were delivered postdischarge .
Psychoeducational interventions were generally effective at reducing smoking and admissions for patients with ACS .
Culturally appropriate health education , self-management educational interventions , group medical visits and psychoeducational interventions were generally effective for patients with T2DM .
Results indicate that there is a body of current evidence about the efficacy of health education , its content and delivery methods for patients with ACS or T2DM .
OBJECTIVES This umbrella review aim ed to identify the current evidence on health education-related interventions for patients with acute coronary syndrome ( ACS ) or type two diabetes mellitus ( T2DM ) ; identify the educational content , delivery methods , intensity , duration and setting required .
The purpose was to provide recommendations for educational interventions for high-risk patients with both ACS and T2DM .