Effect of palm rule in diet therapy for type 2 diabetes patients

VernacularTitle:手掌法则在2型糖尿病患者饮食治疗中的作用
Author: Mei JI ¹ ; Zhengxia WANG ; Shixian SHA
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1. 扬州大学附属医院西区医院22病区
Keywords: type 2 diabetes mellitus; law of the palm; diet nursing
From: Journal of Clinical Medicine in Practice 2018;22(2):39-41
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To study the effect of hand rule in diet of type 2 diabetes.Methods A total of 48 type 2 diabetes cases were randomly divided into experimental group and control group,with 24 cases per group.Both groups were given regular diabetes dietary training for 3 days,the experimental group was added palm rule dietary for one day.After training,both groups conducted a diabetic diet practice for six months.Fasting plasma glucose,HbA1c,body mass index and serum lipid were observed at beginning and after six months.Patients'diet compliance were assessed before trail and after six months of trail by self-designed diabetes diet questionnaire.Results Fasting plasma glucose,HbA1c,the body mass index and serum lipid after 6 months in the experimental group were lower,and the diet compliance was higher than that of the control group (P ＜0.01).Conclusion The palm rule could improve diet compliance in type 2 diabetes patients,and better control blood glucose,body weight and lipids.So it is worthy of clinical promotion.