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Patient preference and healthcare decisions
I had a patient diagnosed with diabetes who wanted to involve more self-management and self-care practices, but he did not follow through with this. At the time, there were challenges promoting diabetes self-management education. The patient believed it was easier to improve his health outcomes if he maintained self-care practices without involving health practitioners. The patient was admitted from diabetes complications, and while he wanted more knowledge, it appeared that he had made up his mind on what he believed was the choice of nutrition and being more active. However, he did not have all the information, even as he knew self-care was likely more important. Yet, the patient failed to use self-care practices, and there is technology to support blood monitoring at any time.
Decisions regarding their treatment plan
There are different options to control and maintain blood sugar to the normal levels in the treatment plan. One decision tool focuses on using a second medicine to control blood glucose among patients with type 2 diabetes in adults: controlling your blood glucose by taking a second medicine. Understanding of diabetes self-management and a focus on improving in diabetes management, but interventions are then tailored to meet the patient's needs. There is also a focus on empowering the patient, which is helpful as the patient is involved in decision-making. There is likely to be the self-directed change in patients when they are involved in decision-making. Patient education to improve self-management and self-care practices made it easier for the patient to focus on patient monitoring.
Shared decision-making can significantly improve diabetes self-management if the patient focuses more on self-care practices to monitor their health and work closely with the health care team. Kon et al. (2016) argued that shared decision-making was helpful to improve patient outcomes, where health professionals work closely together with the patients. However, they also argued that decision-making should be a collaborative proces.