PMID- 36043961
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220908
LR  - 20230125
IS  - 2531-6745 (Electronic)
IS  - 0392-4203 (Print)
IS  - 0392-4203 (Linking)
VI  - 93
IP  - 4
DP  - 2022 Aug 31
TI  - Self-care and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM): a literature review in sex-related 
      differences.
PG  - e2022277
LID - 10.23750/abm.v93i4.13324 [doi]
LID - e2022277
AB  - T2DM is a multifactorial disease, and it is considered a worldwide challenge for 
      its increasing prevalence and its negative impact on patients' wellbeing. Even if 
      it is known that self-care is a key factor in reaching optimal outcomes, and 
      males and females implement different self-care behaviors, sex-related 
      differences in self-care of patients with T2DM have been poorly investigated. 
      Especially, an overall view of the available evidence has not yet been done. 
      Accordingly, this review aims to summarize, critically review, and interpret the 
      available evidence related to the sex-related differences in self-care behaviors 
      of patients with T2DM. An extensive literature review was performed with a 
      narrative synthesis following the PRISMA statement and flowchart through four 
      databases: PubMed, CINAHL, Scopus, and Embase. From the 5776 identified records 
      by the queries, only 29 articles were included, having a high-quality evaluation. 
      Both females and males with T2DM must improve their self-care: more males 
      reported performing better behaviors aimed at maintaining health and clinical 
      stability (i.e., self-care maintenance) than females, but mainly in relation to 
      physical activity. On the other hand, more females reported performing adequate 
      behaviors aimed at monitoring their signs and symptoms (i.e., self-care 
      monitoring) but with worse glycemic control and diabetic complications (i.e., 
      self-care management). This review firstly provides an overall view of different 
      self-care behaviors implemented by males and females with T2DM, showing that 
      self-care management should be improved in both sexes. Health education must 
      include the problems related to the diabetic pathology and the patient's own 
      characteristics, such as sex.
FAU - Baroni, Irene
AU  - Baroni I
AD  - . irene.baroni@grupposandonato.it.
FAU - Caruso, Rosario
AU  - Caruso R
AD  - . rosario.caruso@grupposandonato.it.
FAU - Dellafiore, Federica
AU  - Dellafiore F
AD  - . federica.dellafiore@unipv.it.
FAU - Ausili, Davide
AU  - Ausili D
AD  - . davide.ausili@unimib.it.
FAU - Barello, Serena
AU  - Barello S
AD  - . Serena.Barello@unicatt.it.
FAU - Vangone, Ida
AU  - Vangone I
AD  - . ida.vangone01@universitadipavia.it.
FAU - Russo, Sara
AU  - Russo S
AD  - . sara.russo04@universitadipavia.it.
FAU - Magon, Arianna
AU  - Magon A
AD  - . arianna.magon@grupposandonato.it.
FAU - Conte, Gianluca
AU  - Conte G
AD  - . gianluca.conte@grupposandonato.it.
FAU - Guardamagna, Luca
AU  - Guardamagna L
AD  - . guardamagnaluca1999@gmail.com.
FAU - Arrigoni, Cristina
AU  - Arrigoni C
AD  - . cristina.arrigoni@unipv.it.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20220831
PL  - Italy
TA  - Acta Biomed
JT  - Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis
JID - 101295064
SB  - IM
MH  - *Diabetes Complications/complications
MH  - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology/therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Self Care
PMC - PMC9534249
COIS- Each author declares that he or she has no commercial associations (e.g., 
      consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangement) 
      that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article
EDAT- 2022/09/01 06:00
MHDA- 2022/09/09 06:00
PMCR- 2022/01/01
CRDT- 2022/08/31 10:13
PHST- 2022/06/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/07/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/08/31 10:13 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/09/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/09/09 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ACTA-93-277 [pii]
AID - 10.23750/abm.v93i4.13324 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Acta Biomed. 2022 Aug 31;93(4):e2022277. doi: 10.23750/abm.v93i4.13324.