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- Diabetes education is crucial for managing type 1 diabetes, and the VII Area Murcia East Diabetes Unit has integrated advanced-trained nurses to enhance patient care at the Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofía.
- A retrospective study analyzed data from 179 type 1 diabetes patients over 11 years, revealing a patient population mostly comprised of middle-aged individuals with a mean age of 38.25 years.
- The study found a significant reduction in HbA1c levels (from 8.49% to 7.86%) after six months of education, indicating improved diabetes management, while insulin doses remained stable throughout the research period.
Article Abstract
Diabetes education has proved to be an essential tool in the care of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. To perform this educational task, the VII Area Murcia East Diabetes Unit, incorporated nurses in advanced diabetes education in the Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofía of Murcia. We carried out a retrospective study, which assessed the performance of these nurses by evaluating the type 1 diabetic patients attending inquiries between 2007 and 2011. We analyzed a total of 179 medical records, of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus over 11 years, with 103 (52.3%) males and 94 (47.7%) women. Patients had a mean age 38.25 ± 14.02 years and a mean duration of diabetes of 16.22 ± 11.73 years. The initial mean value of HbA1c was 8.49 ± 2.04%. Only 37 (16.2%) of the 197 patients were under 25 at the start of the study. The results showed that the decrease in HbA1c (-0.57 ± 1.80%) was significant after 6 months (p = 0.002) from the first query, reaching values of 7.86 ± 1.39% and remained from that time. Insulin doses were stable throughout the study.
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