Authors: A. Jirkovská; V. Havlová; T. Hrachovinová; V. Fejfarová; J. Hosová; J. Mašková; J. Skibová Authors‘ workplace: Centrum diabetologie Institutu klinické a experimentální medicíny, Praha, přednostka doc. MUDr. T. Pelikánová, CSc. Published in: Prakt. Lék. 2000; (2): 95-98 Category:
The aim of our project was to test the effect of an ambulatory group therapeutic and educationalcourse for Type-2 diabetic patients in the Diabetes Center on the patients’ metabolic status. Inthe first year, 35 diabetics with a mean age 58 ± 10 (35 - 79) years and mean diabetes durationof 8.5 ± 7.7 years took part in the course. The course was headed by an educational team. Thepatients had four half-day ambulatory sessions each week over a one-month period. After thecourse, there was a statistically significant decrease in body mass index (BMI, from 31,8 ± 6.2to 31.4 ± 6.2 kg/m 2 , p
Key words: diabetes mellitus - education - metabolic status.
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