[Importance of a self-care system in diabetes mellitus in preventing complications and preserving the patient's work capacity].
A system of self-control of the patients nutrition using the V. S. Vorobyov calculator was introduced to prevent early complications in diabetes mellitus patients, 112 patients were followed up during 5 months. 35 of them were administered insulin, 65 sugar-reducing drugs per os, and 12 patients were given diets. Introduction of the self-control system in the nutrition of diabetes mellitus patients made it possible to achieve stable compensation in 89.4% patients, reduction of the dose or withdrawal of oral sugar-reducing drugs, and reduction of the insulin dose. It is suggested to devise a unified system for training diabetes mellitus patients, with a special section on training self-control methods in nutrition.
D000328:Adult; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000178:diet therapy*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009031:Moscow; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012648:Self Care; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
Znachenie sistemy samokontrolia sakharnogo diabeta v profilaktike oslozhneniĭ i sokhranenii trudosposobnosti bol'nykh.