Can a program of food and diabetes education improve the quality of the lives of diabetic patients with a previous myocardial infarction?

Annali di igiene : medicina preventiva e di comunità
A TantucciM De Angelis

Abstract

People with diabetes and cardiovascular complications need to be educated about the self-management of the disease at the time of diagnosis and during the follow-up to best benefit from what they learn. Education is most effective when offered to small groups of patients led by a professional team. The aim of the study is the evaluation of diabetes and food education aimed at improving the self-awareness of the disease, the management and the quality of the lives of diabetic patients with a previous myocardial infarction. The sample group consisted of 20 subjects suffering from diabetes mellitus type 2 with a previous myocardial infarction. First, subjects were administered a test to assess the degree of knowledge of diabetes and quality of life; they also performed a walking test and a food interview. Anthropometric assessments and serum chemistry parameters were taken into consideration. Subsequently, they attended 7 lessons on nutrition, diabetes and cardiovascular complications; post intervention, the sample group demonstrated statistically significant improvement in the knowledge of the disease, in anthropometric measurements and walking test. Although we have not found an improvement of biochemical parameters, informing d...Continue Reading

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