Enhancing Self-Management Skills in Individuals with Diabetes in the Modern Era: The Proactive Role of Registered Nurses and Healthcare Teams
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a chronic condition that affects individuals physically, mentally, and socially. The nature of the disease and its potential acute and chronic complications contribute significantly to premature mortality. Economic, social, lifestyle, and technological changes in the modern world, along with the global aging population, have led to a continual rise in diabetes prevalence and increased complexity in health care. Reduced physical activity, exposure to infectious or emerging diseases, changes in dietary habits, stress, and limited access to health services all influence blood glucose control in people with diabetes, adapting within this context both challenging and essential. Enhancing self-management skills is therefore a key strategy for maintaining blood glucose levels, reducing complications, and improving long-term quality of life. Such skill development must integrate knowledge and understanding, motivation, and the application of digital technology to support continuous health care. This academic article presents concepts of self-management, factors influencing the development of self-management skills, challenges to self-management in the modern world, and strategies for strengthening these skills. It emphasizes the proactive role of professional nurses and health care teams in health assessment, health promotion, counseling, follow-up, and the use of digital technology and health innovations to foster sustainable self-management, ultimately improving quality of life and enhancing the effectiveness of diabetes care in the modern context.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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