Asociación Americana de Diabetes (ADA)
Los “Estándares de atención médica en diabetes” de la Asociación Americana de Diabetes (ADA, por sus siglas en inglés) incluyen recomendaciones de práctica clínica y su objetivo es proporcionar los componentes para el cuidado de la diabetes, las metas, las pautas generales del tratamiento y las herramientas para evaluar la calidad de la atención. Entre éstas, se encuentra que:
“The American Diabetes Association (ADA) “Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes” includes ADA’s current clinical practice recommendations and is intended to provide the components of diabetes care, general treatment goals and guidelines, and tools to evaluate quality of care. Members of the ADA Professional Practice Committee, a multidisciplinary expert committee, are responsible for updating the Standards of Care annually, or more frequently as warranted. For a detailed description of ADA standards, statements, and reports, as well as the evidence-grading system for ADA’s clinical practice recommendations, please refer to the Standards of Care Introduction.
Lifestyle management is a fundamental aspect of diabetes care and includes diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES), medical nutrition therapy (MNT), physical activity, smoking cessation counseling, and psychosocial care. Patients and care providers should focus together on how to optimize lifestyle from the time of the initial comprehensive medical evaluation, throughout all subsequent evaluations and follow-up, and during the assessment of complications and management of comorbid conditions in order to enhance diabetes care.”
Para revisar el documento completo accede a:
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/42/supplement_1/s46
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