Effectiveness of Nutrition Education in Carbohydrate Counting in People With Type 1 Diabetic

New University of Lisbon

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Type 1 Diabetes

Treatments

Behavioral: Nutritional education & carbohydrate counting

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05163002

Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Details and patient eligibility

About

Carbohydrates are the nutrient in the diet with the greatest impact on blood glucose. Inadequate carbohydrate counts are associated with higher A1c and greater variations in postprandial blood glucose. Clinical guidelines for the nutritional treatment of diabetes recommend that patients with DM1 learn carbohydrate counting or some similar systematic strategy that allows for better metabolic control. However, despite the recommendations, this is still not a reality for most healthcare services treating individuals diagnosed with DM1.

Full description

The study aims to assess the impact of a structured nutrition education programme for nutritional education and carbohydrate counting, in group sessions, on glycemic control and nutritional literacy in people with DM1. This will be achieved by evaluating the glycaemic control through A1c and daily glycaemic variability (time on target, mean glycaemia), as well as the level of knowledge before and after the intervention.

Enrollment

106 estimated patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adults aged ≥18 years old who have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes or parents of children and adolescents (< 18 years old) who have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes;
To be under intensive insulin therapy (basal/bolus system);
To regularly use a continuous glucose monitoring system as primary method for glycaemic control;
To be able to read and write.

Exclusion criteria