Self- management of diabetes mellitus during the Covid-19 pandemic: Recommendations for a resource limited setting

Background and aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged both institutional and selfmanagement of diabetes. The ongoing social distancing and lock downs have negatively impacted to access to care and self-management. Methods: This is a narrative review of diabetes management in a resource limited setting during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Electronic databases, namely; Pubmed, CINAHL, EMBASE and Google Scholar were searched for literature. Search terms were “corona virus”, “COVID-19”, “diabetes self-care”, “diabetes self-management education”, “DSME”, “diabetes self-management”, “diabetes self-care in low income countries” and “diabetes management in Zimbabwe”. Results: This paper suggests a culturally tailored educational plan on diabetes selfmanagement of diabetes in a limited resource country, Zimbabwe, amid the ongoing COVID19 pandemic. Components of health education comprised general preventive measures, medications, diet, physical activity, self-monitoring of blood glucose, stress management, foot care, smoking and drinking and preventing complications of diabetes mellitus. Conclusions: We have reemphasized the need for self-care, social support and a collaborative, patient-centered approach to care amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2020
• Institución: Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
• Repositorio: Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/12314
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2020.08.022; http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/12314
• Palabra clave: Diabetes; Diabetes-self-management; SARS-CoV-2-Virus; Diabetes-care; Diabetes-management; Síndrome respiratorio agudo grave; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Coronavirus
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