Complementary therapies and diabetes.
Complementary therapies and diabetes.
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10.1016/s1353-6117(02)00143-9
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2003-05-01
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Dunning, Trisha
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Dunning, Trisha
越来越多的人认识到，糖尿病患者使用一系列补充疗法（CT），用于许多条件，但并不总是告知他们的传统保健医生关于他们的使用。控制糖尿病患者的血糖水平对于减少随之而来的代谢异常和症状以及长期并发症的发生率非常重要。传统的医疗和护理从业者经常错误地认为它们用于控制血糖水平，例如使用草药来增加胰岛素产生或减少胰岛素抵抗。CT对糖尿病患者有益。它们也可能导致不良事件。本文介绍了2001年在我们的糖尿病门诊服务，一个焦点小组（n=10）的结果，以探讨在监测过程中发现的问题，并进行了一项调查，糖尿病教育工作者（n=40）的方便样本监测补充治疗的使用。20%的患者使用CT，在监测阶段有3起不良事件。10名焦点小组参与者中有8名使用CT，16名糖尿病教育工作者在患者护理中使用CT。只有一个人有辅助治疗资格。
There is increasing recognition that people with diabetes use a range of complementary therapies (CT), for a number of conditions, but do not always inform their conventional health practitioners about their use. Controlling blood glucose levels in people with diabetes is important to reduce the consequent metabolic abnormalities and symptoms and the incidence of long-term complications. Conventional medical and nursing practitioners often incorrectly assume that they are used to control blood glucose levels, e.g. using herbal medicines to increase insulin production or reduce insulin resistance. CT can be beneficial for people with diabetes. They can also lead to adverse events. This paper describes the outcome of monitoring complementary therapy use in our diabetic outpatient services in 2001, the results of a focus group (n=10) to explore issues identified in the monitoring process and a survey undertaken with a convenience sample of diabetes educators (n=40). Twenty percent of patients used CT and there were three adverse events in the monitoring phase. Eight of the 10 focus group participants used CT and 16 of the diabetes educators used CT in patient care. Only one had a complementary therapy qualification.