Reducing The Modifiable Risks of Cardiovascular Disease in Turkish Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Ayfer Bayındır Çevik, Şeyda Özcan and İlhan Satman

Clinical Nursing Research, 2015, vol. 24, issue 3, 299-317

Abstract: Our goal was to reduce the number of modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) through providing lifestyle adjustment training and counseling to patients with type 2 diabetes. In this pre–post intervention study, 139 patients with diabetes were provided with training to reduce the modifiable risks of CVD. One hundred three patients attended the post-training evaluation. Two phone counseling sessions were provided with 1-month intervals. Consumption of red meat and processed food decreased and water consumption, carrying on the recommended diet, and the frequency of exercise increased ( p = .000), A1C decreased ( p = .05), and the use of aspirin increased ( p = .03). Thus, a contribution to the reduction of CVD risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes was achieved. The training program for reducing CVD risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes was effective in improving nutrition and lifestyle behaviors and decreasing glycemic control.

Keywords: cardiovascular risk reduction; training; type 2 diabetes; promote lifestyle activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773814531288

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