Medical Nutrition Therapy in Non–Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Improves Clinical Outcome
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Methods
The study was implemented at a primary-care center and neighborhood health centers as a retrospective quality improvement audit. The process and outcome criteria for the audit are listed in the FIG. Audit criteria were developed using guidelines from the American Diabetes Association (4), (5). Body weight change was not listed as part of the criteria; however, it was recorded and evaluated for each patient.
Patients with NIDDM who received individual medical nutrition therapy from September 1991
Results and Discussion
Twenty-one subjects were monitored for the study. The process criteria (Figure) were completed in 19 (92%) patients.
Within 2 weeks, blood glucose levels had decreased an average of 41% in 15 patients (71%). At the end of the study period1, blood glucose levels had decreased 50% in 16 patients (76%). The total mean
Applications
An expanding scientific knowledge base links nutrition to health. What are now needed are clinical data verifying that provision of medical nutrition therapy leads to improved health and cost savings (10), (11). Dietitians can use continuous quality improvement audits to gather such information. Data about the process and outcomes of nutrition therapies in ambulatory care can be used in establishing regional and federal reimbursement policies.
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