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Do patients with insulin-treated diabetes use alcohol safely

✍ Scribed by Gregory, R ;Inglesfield, J ;Molloy, O ;Yateman, N

Book ID
104514158
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
322 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
1357-8170

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A questionnaire was administered at interview to 65 consecutive diabetic out‐patients (39 male, 26 female; ages 18‐75 years) to ascertain drinking habits of diabetic patients, knowledge about alcohol and health in general, and the effects of alcohol on diabetes in particular. Nine (14%: 2 male) drank no alcohol. Six (9%: 5 male) regularly drank more than the safe limit recommended by the Health Education Council in 1986. Only 2 (3%) knew the accepted maximum safe limits for alcohol consumption for men and women. Patients tended to understimate the alcohol content of beers and overestimate that of wines and spirits. Thirty‐two (49%) did not know that alcohol made hypoglycaemia more likely (95% confidence interval: 37‐61%). We conclude that there is a need for education about safe drinking in our clinic population, particularly on how to avoid alcohol‐induced hypoglycaemia.

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