Dietary intake and barriers to dietary compliance in black type 2 diabetic patients attending primary health-care services

Public Health Nutrition

Nelia P Steyn¹  Judy Dick¹  Marianne Alberts¹  Krisela Steyn¹  Gladys Nthangeni¹  Lesley Bourne¹  Ria Laubscher¹  Norman Temple¹  Naomi S Levitt¹ 

关键词: Black South Africans;    Diabetes mellitus;    Non-insulin-dependent;    diet therapy;    Diet therapy;   

DOI  :  10.1079/PHN2002256

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

Objective:To determine the dietary intake, practices, knowledge and barriers to dietary compliance of black South African type 2 diabetic patients attending primary health-care services in urban and rural areas.Design:A cross-sectional survey. Dietary intake was assessed by three 24-hour recalls, and knowledge and practices by means of a structured questionnaire (n=133 men, 155 women). In-depth interviews were then conducted with 25 of the patients to explore their underlying beliefs and feelings with respect to their disease. Trained interviewers measured weight, height and blood pressure. A fasting venous blood sample was collected from each participant in order to evaluate glycaemic control.Setting:An urban area (Sheshego) and rural areas near Pietersburg in the Northern Province of South Africa.Subjects:The sample comprised 59 men and 75 women from urban areas and 74 men and 80 women from rural areas. All were over 40 years of age, diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for at least one year, and attended primary health-care services in the study area over a 3-month period in 1998.Results:Reported dietary results indicate that mean energy intakes were low (

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