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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred and seventy eight insulin dependent diabetics (IDDM) have been studied regarding their understanding of and compliance with a controlled carbohydrate diet. Forty per cent could not remember their dietary prescription, 35 per cent did not estimate carbohydrate and many scored badly in a 'quiz' on the carbohydrate content of common foods. Quiz scores were significantly associated with HbA1 levels (P less than 0.001). One hundred and thirty six patients completed a seven-day food record from which the pattern of eating was established. Of these 75 were injecting twice daily short and intermediate acting insulin; in this group there were significant relationships between HbA1 and both care with carbohydrate estimation and eating pattern (P less than 0.05). Thus, in IDDM, the understanding of a controlled carbohydrate diet and adherence to it are associated with better glycaemic control but adequate compliance is rare. Future dietary recommendations for insulin taking diabetics should be simple, easy to understand, acceptable in practice and of proven effectiveness if they are to appreciably influence the quality of diabetic control.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0263-8495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of dietary compliance on metabolic control in insulin-dependent diabetics.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article