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Nutritional and Pharmacological Therapy Adherence in Type-2 Diabetes Patients in a Mediterranean Region

dc.contributor.authorPinto, Ezequiel
dc.contributor.authorBraz, Nidia
dc.contributor.authorGomes, Eurico
dc.contributor.authorNascimento, Tânia
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-27T11:35:28Z
dc.date.available2022-09-27T11:35:28Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Type 2 diabetes patients do not value nutritional therapy in the same level as they value other types of interventions. In this study, we analysed the value that T2DM patients place on nutritional and pharmacological therapy and identified perceived barriers to nutritional therapy adherence. Methods: a non-random sample of 62 patients receiving health care in a Diabetes Clinic in the municipality of Faro, in the Portuguese region of the Algarve, was interviewed with a semi-structured protocol regarding sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle, physical activity, and dietary habits. Additional data were collected from the patient’s clinical files and by conducting anthropometric assessment using standard methods. Results: patients show a poor dietary intake, and most are overweight (36%; n=22) or obese (53%; n=33). Physical activity is considered less important than dietary intake and pharmacologic treatment (F=19.6; p<0.001). Adherence to a Mediterranean diet is high (66%; n=41), and patients with a higher adherence to the Mediterranean diet consider their diet as having an higher quality (rSpearman=0.371; p=0.032). Value placed in dietary intake as a treatment for the disease is high, but patients seem to have a trouble in complying with the recommendations and to sustain the compliance they achieved. Conclusions: Patients should be empowered to improve their self-care. Proper, tailored interventions should be developed and implemented.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.9734/bpi/idmmr/v9/15563Dpt_PT
dc.identifier.isbn978-93-5547-506-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/18305
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherBP Internationalpt_PT
dc.subjectType 2 diabetespt_PT
dc.subjectNutritionpt_PT
dc.subjectAdherence to treatmentpt_PT
dc.subjectMediterranean dietpt_PT
dc.titleNutritional and Pharmacological Therapy Adherence in Type-2 Diabetes Patients in a Mediterranean Regionpt_PT
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oaire.citation.endPage80pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage70pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleIssues and Developments in Medicine and Medical Researchpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume9pt_PT
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person.givenNameNídia Maria
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