Question

Follow the instructions below to complete this assignment.Use "PPAARE" to write your focused question

Your role: You are a Community Health worker. A Physician in the Community Health Center has asked for your assistance with a patient.

Patient X is a 34y/o African American women who has just been diagnosed as "Pre- Diabetic".

She is slightly "over weight" and could lose about 15 lbs. She has been smoking since high school. She started smoking at age 16.

She wants to change her life style, eat better, lose weight and above all, stop smoking.

Use the "PPAARE" format to formulate a focused research question to help locate relevant information that you can share with the Physician

to help educate Patient X on the importance of changing her life style and how to change it.Use "PPAARE" to write your focused question

Answer 1

Focuses questions (PPAARE Format)

* What do you know about prediabetes?

* Why it is important to control blood sugar?

* How has prediabetes affected your health?

* Is your weight gain is related to diabetes?

* Do you have increased blood pressure?

* Do you experience any hyperglycemic episode?

* Could you please tell about your family?

* Do you have any family history of diabetes?

* How does having prediabetes impact your daily life?

* May I know your dietary habits?

* Would you mind telling me your lifestyle?

* Do you have a habit of exercising?

* Have you tried anything to maintain your BMI?

* Could you please describe your sleeping pattern?

* How many packs of cigarettes per day do you smoke?

* Do you have a habit of consuming alcohol?

* May I know your job and work environment?

* Do you aware of self monitoring glucose?

* what type of medications you take to control your blood sugar

* Do you ever tried to quit smoking?

* Do you aware that smoking causes various types of diseases?

* Are you interested to learn lifestyle modification and dietary changes?

* How can you help the medical team to control your blood sugar?

* Do you aware of national helpline for quit smoking?

* Can I make a dietitian appointment for your dietary modification?

* Do you aware of the normal reactions of quit smoking?

* Have you heard about nicotine replacement therapy?