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- ItemAdherence to diabetes control recommendations: impact of nurse telephone calls.(2003-12-03) Kim, Hee-Seung; Oh, Jeong-AhType 2 diabetes mellitus is increasing in incidence and research has shown that normalization of blood glucose levels can moderate the risk of microvascular and neurological complications
- Item[Effects of Web-based health education on blood glucose and blood pressure improvement in postmenopausal women with impaired fasting blood glucose].(2011-12-06) Oh, Jeong-Ah; Kim, Hee-Seung; Park, Min-Jeong; Shim, Hye-SunPURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of an educational intervention that used both cellular phones and the Internet to provide a short messaging service SMS relating to blood glucose blood pressure and serum lipid levels in postmenopausal women with impaired fasting glucose IFG METHODS Twenty eight postmenopausal women were assigned to an intervention group and twenty one postmenopausal women to a control group The intervention was provided for 12 weeks Patients in the intervention group were asked to access a web site by using a cellular phone or to use the Internet directly and input their blood glucose and blood pressure levels weekly Participants were sent the optimal recommendations weekly by both cellular phone and Internet RESULTS The intervention group had a mean decrease in systolic blood pressure SBP level of 8 1 mmHg but changes for the control group were not significant There was a significant mean change in diastolic blood pressure DBP level for the intervention group 7 7 mmHg The mean change in the control group was not significant CONCLUSION This educational intervention using the Internet and a SMS by cellular phone improved levels of SBP and DBP in postmenopausal women with IFG
- ItemA telephone-delivered intervention to improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients.(2003-03-05) Oh, Jeong-Ah; Kim, Hee-Seung; Yoon, Kun-Ho; Choi, Euy-SoonThis study was performed to investigate the effect of a telephone delivered intervention on glycemic control and body mass index in Korean type 2 diabetic patients 38 patients were randomly selected with 20 assigned to a telephone group and 18 to a control group The goal of the intervention was to keep blood glucose concentrations close to the normal range The intervention was applied to the telephone group for 12 weeks It consisted of continuous education and reinforcement of diet exercise and medication adjustment as well as frequent self monitoring of blood glucose levels Telephone intervention was performed twice per week for the first month and then weekly for the second and third months Subjects were requested to write self management logs including blood glucose diet and an exercise diary The diet diaries were analyzed by a dietitian and subjects instructed about the results by telephone counseling or mail All medication adjustments were communicated to the subjects diabetes specialist Glycosylated hemoglobin HbA1c fasting blood glucose FBG and 2 hour postprandial glucose were measured before and after the intervention Patients in the telephone group had a mean decrease of 1 2 with those in the control group having a mean increase of 0 6 in HbA1c There were no significant differences in the body mass index BMI between the two groups These findings indicated that a telephone delivered intervention would improve HbA1c but would not affect BMI