Insights from qualitative research on NAFLD awareness with a cohort of T2DM patients: time to go public with insulin resistance?

• Autor(es): Alemany-Pagès, Mireia ; Moura-Ramos, Mariana ; Araújo, Sara ; Macedo, Maria Paula ; Ribeiro, Rogério T. ; do Ó, Dulce ; Santos, João Ramalho ; Azul, Anabela Marisa
• Data: 2020
• Identificador Persistente: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/101549
• Origem: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
• Assunto(s): Awareness; Education; Knowledge; NAFLD; Qualitative research; Risk communication; Self-management; T2DM; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Portugal; United States; United States Public Health Service; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Insulin Resistance
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

It is estimated that around 70% of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients (T2DM) have Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). Awareness and education are amongst the major shortcomings of the public health response to the increasing threat of NAFLD. Characterizing the specific NAFLD-related information needs of particular high-risk metabolic communities, for instance, T2DM patients, might aid in the development of evidence-based health promotion strategies, ultimately promoting NAFLD-awareness, treatment adherence and therapeutic success rates.