THE TRAINING OF DIABETIC PATIENTS AS A POSITIVE FACTOR IN BLOOD GLUCOSE CONTROL

Abstract

PURPOSE:THE AIM OF THE STUDY WAS TO ASSESS GLUCOSE CONTROL IN DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME.PATIENTS AND METHODS:THE STUDY WAS PERFORMED ON 152 RANDOMLY SELECTED NON INSULIN DEPENDENTDIABETES MELLITUS(NIDDM) PATIENTS(71 MEN AND 81 WOMEN).THE PATIENTS WERE CHOSEN FROM AMONGST THOSE BEING TREATED AT THE DIABETIC OUTPATIENT CLINIC AT THEATHENS HIPPOKRATION GENERAL HOSPITAL.THE SELECTED PATIENTS PARTICIPATED IN ASPECIAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME WHICH PROVIDED THEM WITH INFORMATION ON DIABETES.BLOOD GLUCOSE,GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN(HBA1C),URINE CIRCUMTERENCE TO HIP RATIO(WHR)WERE MEASURED FOR EVERY PATIENT BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME.RESULTS:AFTER THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME WAS IMPLEMENTATED,THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN 24-HR BLOOD GLUCOSE (P=0,001),WRINARY GLUCOSE,THE HBA1C INDEX,THE BMI AND THE WHR OF THE PATIENTS.THE PARAMETER WHICH SHOWED A SIGNIFICANT CORRELATION ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/10890
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/10890
ND
10890
Alternative title
Η ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΣΗ ΔΙΑΒΗΤΙΚΩΝ ΑΣΘΕΝΩΝ ΩΣ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΝ ΡΥΘΜΙΣΗΣ ΤΟΥ ΣΑΚΧΑΡΩΔΗ ΔΙΑΒΗΤΗ
Author
Μινέτου, Ελευθερία (Πατρώνυμο: Αθανάσιος)
Date
1997
Degree Grantor
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Committee members
ΚΑΡΒΟΥΝΤΖΗΣ ΓΕΡΑΣΙΜΟΣ
ΠΑΠΑΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΟΥ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΣ
ΛΑΝΑΡΑ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΚΗ
ΜΑΝΤΑΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ
ΜΠΑΡΤΣΟΚΑΣ ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ
ΠΛΑΤΗ ΧΡΥΣΑΝΘΗ
ΤΟΥΝΤΑΣ ΧΑΡΑΛΑΜΠΟΣ
Discipline
Medical and Health SciencesHealth Sciences
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
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