Operational Definition Of Disease Management Support

Managing T2DM require strict adherence to prescribed treatment. Self-management support is important in reaching that milestone. Self-management support interchangeably refer to disease management, it is adhering to a medical regimen; monitoring symptoms; and integrating illness into daily life (Been-Dahmen, Dwarswaard, Hazes, van Staa, & Ista, 2015). The conceptual definition of disease management help the care provider focus on all that are needed and expected in order to help the patient manage his or her disease (Been-Dahmen et al., 2015). The operational definition of disease management will reflect through the patient outcomes from adhering to medical regimen and seeing improvement in blood sugar readings, A1c levels, absence or decrease
in health complications including hypo- and hyper-glycemic episodes, and health state (Nelson et al., 2015)