The Effect of Traditional Home Remedies on Glycemic Control among People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM)
| Autor: | Prabhath Matpady, G. Arun Maiya, Niroshkanaa Gaundar, Jeevan K Shetty, Vijayalakshmi S Bhojaraja, Anupama D S, Shashikiran Umakanth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Natural Remedies. :697-703 |
| ISSN: | 2320-3358 0972-5547 |
| Popis: | Traditional home remedy consumption is a typical ancient practice in India. These traditional home remedies are found to have beneficial effects on many chronic conditions. This study was designed to explore the effect of traditional home remedies on glycemic control in people with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). In this study, 148 type-2 DM patients aged between 35 and 70 of both genders, participated. Among 148 type-2 DM patients, 102 T2DM patients use traditional home remedies along with oral anti-diabetic drugs, while the remaining 46 are non-users. The details of age, duration of type- 2 DM, glycated Hb (HbA1c) values, and use of traditional home remedies were obtained from a cross-sectional survey. The HbA1c value of 7-8% was considered an optimal target glycemic control, and ≤ 7% was considered poor control. A mean and SD were used to represent descriptive statistics. An independent sample test was used to compare the mean HBA1c between the fenugreek users and non-users by considering p |
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