Demilew Yeshalem Mulugeta, Alem Abiot Tefera, Emiru Amanu Aragaw
School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, P.O.Box 79, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, P.O.Box 79, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
BMC Res Notes. 2018 Jul 3;11(1):434. doi: 10.1186/s13104-018-3531-2.
Even if patient's dietary practice is a gold standard measure to manage type 2 diabetes, there is a limited study in the area. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess dietary practice and associated factors among type 2 diabetic patients.
The study revealed that only 35.9% of the patients had good dietary practice. Attending above primary education [AOR = 1.9, 95% CI (1.1, 3.2)], having family support [AOR = 2.6, 95% CI (1.6, 4.2)], and receiving nutrition education [AOR = 2.5, 95% CI (1.5, 4.2)] were independent predictors for good dietary practice. Thus, the findings indicate the need to improve a method of nutrition education both for the patients and their families. Moreover, the government needs to improve literacy rate of citizens.
尽管患者的饮食习惯是管理2型糖尿病的金标准措施,但该领域的研究有限。因此,本研究的目的是评估2型糖尿病患者的饮食习惯及相关因素。
研究显示,只有35.9%的患者有良好的饮食习惯。接受过小学以上教育[调整后比值比(AOR)=1.9,95%置信区间(CI)(1.1,3.2)]、有家庭支持[AOR=2.6,95%CI(1.6,4.2)]以及接受营养教育[AOR=2.5,95%CI(1.5,4.2)]是良好饮食习惯的独立预测因素。因此,研究结果表明需要改进针对患者及其家庭的营养教育方法。此外,政府需要提高公民的识字率。