PMID- 15460774
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20041116
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0926-9630 (Print)
IS  - 0926-9630 (Linking)
VI  - 90
DP  - 2002
TI  - Diabetes patients' ability to estimate dietary carbohydrate content for use in a 
      decision support system.
PG  - 649-54
AB  - The aim of the study was to assess Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients' 
      ability to give valid information of the dietary carbohydrate (CHO) intake and to 
      use the log function of a blood glucose meter for easy transfer of data to a 
      decision support system. 18 Type 1 diabetic patients were enrolled from the 
      Diabetes Outpatient Clinic at the Department of Endocrinology, Aalborg Hospital, 
      Denmark. The patients were divided in subgroups of 4 or 5 patients and was 
      instructed by the dietitian how to estimate the CHO intake and by the doctor in 
      the use of the Accutrend DM blood glucose meter. During a 3 days data collecting 
      period the patients were asked to keep a written diary containing a description 
      of the meals, the estimated CHO intake, the insulin-dosage and the time of the 
      meals and insulin injections, and to make 8-point blood glucose profiles daily. 
      They were furthermore asked to use the log function of the Accutrend DM blood 
      glucose meter. At the second visit the data were discussed individually with the 
      patients and if there where more than three data points missing using the log 
      function the patients were asked to repeat the data collection. A deviation of 10 
      grams or more, between the patient's and the dietician's estimate, was seen in 
      7.3% of the meals following the first instruction, in 1.0% of the meals following 
      the second instruction, and in 2.4% of the meals following the third and last 
      instruction. In conclusion, this study showed that Danish Type 1 diabetic 
      patients were able to estimate the dietary carbohydrate content with a high 
      degree of correctness, and to use the log function of the blood glucose meter, 
      after a maximum of 3 hours of training.
FAU - Jensen, Karin D
AU  - Jensen KD
AD  - Department of Endocrinology, Aalborg Hospital, Reberbansgade, 9000 Aalborg, 
      Denmark.
FAU - Jensen, Birgitte
AU  - Jensen B
FAU - Lervang, Hans-Henrik
AU  - Lervang HH
FAU - Hejlesen, Ole K
AU  - Hejlesen OK
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Stud Health Technol Inform
JT  - Studies in health technology and informatics
JID - 9214582
RN  - 0 (Blood Glucose)
RN  - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates)
MH  - Adult
MH  - Blood Glucose/analysis
MH  - *Decision Support Systems, Clinical
MH  - Denmark
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1/blood/*physiopathology/psychology
MH  - Dietary Carbohydrates/*administration & dosage
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
EDAT- 2004/10/06 09:00
MHDA- 2004/11/17 09:00
CRDT- 2004/10/06 09:00
PHST- 2004/10/06 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/11/17 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/10/06 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Stud Health Technol Inform. 2002;90:649-54.