Usefulness of "Diabetic Eye Notebook" in education of the patients
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Accession number;04A0241645
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| Title;Usefulness of "Diabetic Eye Notebook" in education of the patients |
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SUGI NORITO
(Jichi Medical School, Omiya Medical Center, JPN)
YAMAGAMI HIROKO
(Jichi Medical School, Omiya Medical Center, JPN)
SAITO YUKA
(Jichi Medical School, Omiya Medical Center, JPN)
ONO RYUICHIRO
(Jichi Medical School, Omiya Medical Center, JPN)
KAKEHASHI AKIHIRO
(Jichi Medical School, Omiya Medical Center, JPN)
KUROKI MASATOSHI
(Jichi Medical School, Omiya Medical Center, JPN)
ISHIKAWA SAN'E
(Jichi Medical School, Omiya Medical Center, JPN)
KAWAKAMI MASANOBU
(Jichi Medical School, Omiya Medical Center, JPN)
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Journal Title;Japanese Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology
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Journal Code:Z0515B
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ISSN:0370-5579
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VOL.58;NO.3;PAGE.329-334(2004)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.6, TBL.3, REF.9 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;The "Diabetic Eye Notebook" was published recently and distributed to patients with diabetes to record their diabetic retinopathy. To determine if the patients pay more attention to and obtain more knowledge of diabetic retinopathy by having the notebook, we divided patients with diabetes (62 men and 42 women: average age, 63.0.+-.10.1 years) into 2 groups: those who received the notebook (54 patients) and those who did not (50 patients). The patients had regularly visited the eye clinic of Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School, every 2 months from August 2002. Six months later, patients with the notebook scored better (9.9.+-.1.9 out of a possible 12) compared those without (8.7.+-.2.3). The difference was significant (p<0.05). More patients with the notebook had correct knowledge of diabetic retinopathy and their HbA1c compared with patients without the notebook. The study clearly showed the usefulness of the "Diabetic Eye Notebook." However, the mean score was not satisfactory even among those with the notebook. Therefore, it is important to provide all patients with information about diabetic retinopathy including the relation between the duration of diabetes and the outcome of interventions such as photocoagulation and vitreous surgery. (author abst.) |
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