THỰC HÀNH VỀ DINH DƯỠNG VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN CỦA NGƯỜI BỆNH ĐÁI THÁO ĐƯỜNG TYPE 2 ĐIỀU TRỊ NGOẠI TRÚ TẠI BỆNH VIỆN ĐA KHOA ĐÔNG ANH, HÀ NỘI NĂM 2020

Abstract

Nutrition practices play an important role in treatment and prevention of complications
of diabetes mellitus. Objective: To describe nutritional practices and some
related factors of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Method: Cross-sectional descriptive
study was conducted on 440 outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Dong
Anh General Hospital, Hanoi - using pre-designed questionnaire interview method.
Results: The prevalence of good nutritional practices of patients accounted for 37%.
Patients with the educational level of high school or higher had a good practice prevalence
of 78.5%, while that of patients with secondary educational level or lower was
18%. The prevalence of married people compared to those with other marital status
was 38.8% and 27.4%, respectively; those of subjects with underweight or normal
nutritional status compared to overweight or obese were 39.2% and 22.1%. The prevalence
of patients who have been informed about nutrition compared to those who have
never heard about it were 41.7% and 23.1%. Conclusion: Good nutrition practices
of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus still account for a low percentage, there is a
relationship between nutritional practice with the education level, marital status, communication
factors.