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Efficacy of Education through Counselling in Managing Diabetes Mellitus: A Study in Eastern India

Sarbari Dasgupta, Sulagna Ray

Abstract: The objective of the study to examine the efficacy of education through counselling among diabetes mellitus (DM) patients of eastern India, which prevents the biochemical profiles, and obesity parameter. A total 50participants were randomly selected, who visited the endocrinology outpatient department of the hospital in Kolkata. All the data have been collected from clinical records for baseline data of biochemical profiles such as fasting plasma glucose (FPG), post - prandial plasma glucose (PPPG) and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), and obesity parameter viz. body mass index (BMI) among DM subjects. The education was delivered through counselling and compared between baseline versus 3months and 6months followed up. The biochemical profiles viz. FPG, PPPG and HbA1c, as well as BMI values were found significantly (P<0.001 and P<0.01) decreasing trend during 3months and 6months follow up after education to DM subjects. In the present study, for 6months follow up, the principal component analysis (PCA) indicated the PC - 1 (94.822%) relatively higher value of positive loading for FBG. The present study concludes that education through counselling was observed efficacious for the prevention of DM among patients of eastern India. The present findings in its first time in which the association of parameters found to be related with the PCI regarding the biochemical and obesity parameters.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Biochemical parameters, Obesity parameter, Education through counselling, Diabetic management

Edition: Volume 12 Issue 8, August 2023

Pages: 1043 - 1047

DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.21275/SR23809124837

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