The Diabetes Self-management educational programs and their integration in the usual care: a systematic literature review

One of the public health challenges worldwide is diabetes mellitus (DM). It is the fifth leading cause of death in high-income countries, and rapidly becoming an epidemic in low and middle-income countries. The global number of adult people suffering from diabetes in 2014 was estimated at 422 million, and this number is expected to rise to 592 million by 2035, while 175 million people remain undiagnosed [1]. Diabetes care is expensive and the condition can lead to serious complications such as kidney failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, blindness and limb amputation [2].
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