Abstract
Diabetic patients have a poor adherence to lifestyle changes and a low compliance with medications. To study the effect of an educational intervention on the metabolic control of patients with diabetes mellitus. We studied insulin requiring diabetic patients attended at a primary health care clinic, who were randomly divided in two groups. One group participated in four modules of an educative intervention, carried out in four occasions. The other group did not participate in the educational sessions. Clinical, anthropometric and laboratory variables of the participants were obtained from their medical records, at three and six months after the intervention. We recruited 22 men aged 64 ± 14 years and 48 women aged 63 ± 10 years. Thirty-six of these received the educational intervention. Eighty four percent were overweight or obese. The proportion of compensated patients, defined as those having a glycosylated hemoglobin between 7 and 9%, increased significantly after the educational intervention (χ2 = 7.9 p < 0.01, odds ratio: 0.2). A educational intervention in patients with insulin requiring diabetes mellitus improved the metabolic control of their disease.
Highlights
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The effect of an educational intervention on the metabolic control of diabetic patients Background: Diabetic patients have a poor adherence to lifestyle changes and a low compliance with medications
Patients and Methods: We studied insulin requiring diabetic patients attended at a primary health care clinic, who were randomly divided in two groups
Summary
Fuente de apoyo financiero: Proyecto de investigación financiado por el Departamento de Salud Pública, Universidad. Asociación entre programa de intervención educativa integral y control metabólico de usuarios diabéticos tipo 2 insulino requirentes de Centro de Salud Familiar Cardenal Raúl Silva Henríquez, período 2015-2016 Chile. Aim: To study the effect of an educational intervention on the metabolic control of patients with diabetes mellitus. Conclusions: A educational intervention in patients with insulin requiring diabetes mellitus improved the metabolic control of their disease. (Rev Med Chile 2019; 147: 1024-1028) Key words: Carbohidrate Metabolism; Diabetes Mellitus; Early Intervention (Education); Glycated Hemoglobin A. El objetivo general del presente estudio fue evaluar la asociación de la intervención de un programa educativo integral y la mejoría en el control metabólico, estado nutricional de los usuarios Diabéticos insulino requirentes de CESFAM CRSH entre julio de 2015-junio de 2016, La Serena, Chile
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