A retrospective analysis of the impact of telephonic counseling on dietary and lifestyle modifications in Indian patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Autor: Vikram Singh, Saimala Guntur, Viraj Salgaonkar, Amit Singh
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: International Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries. 38:486-494
ISSN: 1998-3832
0973-3930
DOI: 10.1007/s13410-017-0602-1
Popis: Dietary and lifestyle modifications are critical in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, in a resource-constrained setting, providing physical counseling for dietary and lifestyle modifications is a challenge. Therefore, SPARSH, a call center based, telephonic counseling program was set up for patients with T2DM. In this study, effect of SPARSH services on dietary and lifestyle parameters of patients with T2DM was analyzed. Adult patients who received counseling regularly for at least 14 months were selected. At the end of 14 months, change from baseline in various dietary and lifestyle parameters was evaluated using t test and McNemar’s test at 5% significance level. Overall, 1283 patients were included. At the end of 14 months, change in dietary parameters was as follows: total calories, carbohydrates, and fat consumption decreased significantly by 169.1 kcal/day, 16.2 g/day, and 3.1 g/day, respectively (p
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