An audit of weight reduction in a diabetic clinic
Chambers, S.T.; Beaven, D.W.
New Zealand Medical Journal 85(589): 467-468
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-8446 PMID: 271844 Document Number: 122262
A group of long-term attenders at a diabetic outpatient clinic were compared with new patients referred for the first time by their own general practitioners. There was some evidence that first attenders, especially women, seem to lose weight significantly during the subsequent 3 years, more when the diet treatment is combined with a reorganization of their attendances over a month, to provide education to the patients and to the relatives. This preliminary information suggests that the development of patient self-sufficiency programmes in diabetes in New Zealand seems to be economically justified.