Perception and Practices of Dietary Control in Type 2 Diabetic Patients

ABSTRACT

Background: The Perception of dietary control in diabetic patients is great importance for the practices of it. We, therefore, wanted to investigate the Perception and practices of dietary control in type 2 diabetic patients. The study may provide useful information to the development of proper conduct for the dietary intake restriction of type 2 diabetes patients.Objectives: To study the Perception and practices of dietary control in type 2 diabetic patients.Design: Descriptive study.  Population  Patients suffering from type 2 diabetes, living in rural area of 171 type 2 diabetes patients who living in Nontong subdistricts were recruited in the analysis.Measurement QuestionnaireStatistical analyses All data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and data were analyzed by using the statistical software STATA.Results: About 78% of all patients under survey were females and the average age of the patients was  55 years (S.D. = 10.6). The median time diagnosed as diabetes mellitus was 7 years. Blood sugar levels were improperly controlled by 72.5% of the patients. Ninety one percents of them perceived that they should restrict consumption of sticky rice. However, flour products were perceived as no restriction of consumption. Moreover, 75% of them perceived that in case of the occasional consumption of sweet taste fruits and desserts, no restriction was made on the amount consumed. Almost all of them (97%) consumed sticky rice as staple food and half of them did not control their sticky rice consumptions. Approximately one-fourth of them did not control the amount of flour product intakes, sweet taste fruits, and sugar added drinks.  Conclusion: The patients had a good perceive restrict consume food if they usually ate of it. On the contrary, they had a low perceive restrict consume food if they sometime ate of it, and also their dietary intake is not appropriate to control sufficiently the disease they are suffering from.  Keyword Diabetics Mellitus, Perceptions of dietary control, Dietary intake