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Analysis of the relationship between lifestyle habits and glycosylated hemoglobin control based on data from a Health Management Plan
- Source :
- Nutrition Research and Practice
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- The Korean Nutrition Society and The Korean Society of Community Nutrition, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background/objectives Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a hereditary disease that is also strongly dependent on environmental factors, lifestyles, and dietary habits. This study explored the relationship between lifestyle habits and glycosylated hemoglobin management in T2DM patients to provide empirical outcomes to improve T2DM management and patient health literacy. Subjects/methods This study enrolled 349 diabetic patients with more than 5 care visits to a Diabetes Mellitus care network under the Health Management Plan led by Taiwan Department of Health (DOH). Based on relevant literature, an Outpatient Record Form of Diabetes Mellitus Care was designed and lipid profile tests were conducted for data collection and analysis. Results When modeling the data, the results showed that the odds for HbA1c > 7.5% in T2DM patients duration over 10 years was 3.785 (P = 0.002) times that in patients with disease duration of fewer than 3 years. The odds of HbA1c > 7.5% in illiterate patients was 3.128 (P = 0.039) times that in patients with senior high school education or above. The odds of HbA1c > 7.5% in patients with other chronic illness was 2.207 (P = 0.019) times that in participants without chronic illness. Among 5 beneficial lifestyle habits, the odds of HbA1c > 7.5% in patients with 2 or 3 good habits were 3.243 (P = 0.003) and 3.424 (P = 0.001) times that in patients with more than 3 good habits, respectively. Conclusion This empirical outcome shows that maintaining a good lifestyle improves T2DM management and patients' knowledge, motivation, and ability to use health information. Patients with longer disease duration, education, or good lifestyle habits had optimal HbA1c management than those in patients who did not. Thus, effective self-management and precaution in daily life and improved health literacy of diabetic patients are necessary to increase the quality of T2DM care.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
glycosylated hemoglobin A1c
endocrine system diseases
health management plan
030209 endocrinology & metabolism
Health literacy
Disease
smoking
Odds
lipids
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Diabetes mellitus
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Medicine
Original Research
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Health management system
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
nutritional and metabolic diseases
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
medicine.disease
Family medicine
business
Lifestyle habits
Lipid profile
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20056168 and 19761457
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nutrition Research and Practice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b96fc455d0a19c0bf55752666f878747
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4162/nrp.2020.14.3.218