767-P: Family Support for Medical Nutritional Therapy and Dietary Intake among Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

• DOI: 10.2337/db19-767-p
• Publication Date: 2019-06-05T03:26:50Z
• Authors: CHIKA HORIKAWA; YASUNAGA TAKEDA; MARIKO HATTA; DAI ISHII; SAKIKO Y. MORIKAWA; KAZUYA FUJIHARA; HIROSHI MAEGAWA; HIROHITO SONE
• Keywords: 2. Zero hunger; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 3. Good health

Although support from patients’ family members is essential in managing type 2 diabetes, evidence sparse on for medical nutritional therapy (MNT) and habitual dietary intake. This study investigated the association between perception of MNT their Analyzed were 154 Japanese patients with diabetes (men, 45.5%) who completed Food Frequency Questionnaire Diabetes Family Behavior Checklist. Multivariate analysis covariance was used adjusting age, gender, BMI, duration HbA1c, use oral hypoglycemic agents and/or insulin. Participants’ mean HbA1c 63.5 y, 12.7 y 7.0%, respectively. After confounders, positive support, i.e., ‘Praise following diet,’ only significantly associated higher fish intake (none 72.0 g/d, once a month 73.1 week 85.8 several times 97.6 at least daily 92.1 g/d; trend p= 0.008). With greater frequency eating same time as family, salt 7.8 8.3 8.7 9.3 8.8 0.037). Conversely, negative indicated by ‘Nags about diet’ 70.3 84.4 84.3 86.5 107.9 0.012) vegetables more frequent those foods not part diabetic diet 242.1 192.1 270.4 255.0 305.5 0.027). These findings implied that always an ideal to control diabetes. To facilitate treatment, sharing patient-family perceptions could be important. Disclosure C. Horikawa: None. Y. Takeda: M. Hatta: D. Ishii: S.Y. Morikawa: K. Fujihara: H. Maegawa: Research Support; Self; Antares Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. Speaker's Bureau; Astellas Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Sone: Kowa Europe Co. Ltd., Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Novo Nordisk Ono Taisho Teijin Funding Japan Association Education Care