TY - CHAP
T1 - Health Care Delivery and Clinical Science: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
AU - Castelnuovo, Gianluca
AU - Pietrabissa, Giada
AU - Manzoni, Gian Mauro
AU - Corti, Stefania
AU - Novelli, Margherita
AU - Borrello, Maria
AU - Giusti, Emanuele Maria
AU - Molinari, Enrico
AU - Cattivelli, Roberto
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Diabesity could be defined as a new global epidemic of obesity and being overweight with many complications and chronic conditions. The financial direct and indirect burden of diabesity is a real challenge in many Western health-care systems. Even if multidisciplinary protocols have been implemented, significant limitations in the chronic care management of obesity with type 2 diabetes concern costs and long-term adherence and efficacy. mHealth approach could overcome limitations linked with the traditional, restricted and highly expensive in-patient treatment of diabesity. The mHealth approach could help clinicians by motivating patients in remote settings to develop healthier lifestyles and could be implemented in the Chronic Care Model. A practical stepped-care model for diabesity, including mhealth approach and psychological treatments with different intensity, is discussed.
AB - Diabesity could be defined as a new global epidemic of obesity and being overweight with many complications and chronic conditions. The financial direct and indirect burden of diabesity is a real challenge in many Western health-care systems. Even if multidisciplinary protocols have been implemented, significant limitations in the chronic care management of obesity with type 2 diabetes concern costs and long-term adherence and efficacy. mHealth approach could overcome limitations linked with the traditional, restricted and highly expensive in-patient treatment of diabesity. The mHealth approach could help clinicians by motivating patients in remote settings to develop healthier lifestyles and could be implemented in the Chronic Care Model. A practical stepped-care model for diabesity, including mhealth approach and psychological treatments with different intensity, is discussed.
KW - chronic care management
KW - mhealth
KW - obesity
KW - stepped-care
KW - chronic care management
KW - mhealth
KW - obesity
KW - stepped-care
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/122154
UR - https://www.igi-global.com/book/health-care-delivery-clinical-science/181911
U2 - 10.4018/978-1-5225-3926-1.ch063
DO - 10.4018/978-1-5225-3926-1.ch063
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781522539261
SP - 1258
EP - 1275
BT - Transformative Healthcare Practice through Patient Engagement
ER -
