Dietary Management Tools Improve the Dietary Skills of Patients with T2DM in Communities.

ABSTRACT: Dietary management is of paramount importance in the prevention and control of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This one-year cluster-randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effect of dietary management tools on the dietary skills of patients with T2DM. Twenty-two communities were randomly assigned to an intervention group and a control group, and participants in the intervention group received a food guiding booklet (G) and a dinner set (D). The frequency of dietary management tools usage was collected at baseline and every three months, and different use patterns were identified by a group-based trajectory model. A self-compiled diabetic dietary skills scale and blood glucose were collected at baseline, 3, and 12 months, and a using generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) to explo

SUBMITTER: Chen X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9654010 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature