Computer assisted nutrition therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes / 浙江大学学报·医学版

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the efficacy of the" Diabetes Diet Advisor"(PC-DR vision 1.0)" for type 2 diabetes.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and fifty type 2 diabetic patients were divided in the 2 groups. The study group included 88 type 2 diabetic patients managed by "Diabetes Diet Advisor(PC-DR vision 1.0)"; the control group included 62 cases with a fixed carbohydrate content. All patients were followed up for 8 weeks.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After 8 weeks dietary therapy, the fasting blood glucose (FBG), cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), HDL-cholesterol (HDL- C) and body mass index (BMI) in study group were all significantly less than those in the control group (P<0.05). In the study group,the significant decrease were achieved in all indicates and FBG and 2hPBG decreased persistently. Twenty-five patients (28.41%) in study group and 6 patients (9.68%) in control group reduced their dosage of hypoglycemic agents or stopped drug therapy (P=0.007).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The software "Diabetes Diet Advisor (PC-DR vision 1.0)" is a useful tool of dietary management for patients with type 2 diabetes.</p>