Effect of nutritional counseling on the blood glucose and nutritional knowledge of diabetic subjects.
The nutritional knowledge and control of diabetes was assessed in 43 nonketosis-prone diabetic subjects. Patients were semiliterate or illiterate. They were exposed to a 1-h nutritional counseling program in groups of three to five. The nutritional counseling program was highly simplified and emphasized only a few important aspects of diabetic diet. Patients' nutritional knowledge improved significantly after nutritional counseling. The control of diabetes also improved significantly in those patients in whom control had been inadequate.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001786:Blood Glucose; D003376:Counseling; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000178:diet therapy*; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic
D001786:Blood Glucose