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Diabetes & Alcohol Use
Alcohol use is inversely associated with adherence to diabetes self-care behaviors
August 28th, 2006
Alcohol consumption is inversely associated with adherence to diabetes self-care behaviors. According to recent research from the United States, "Our aim was to examine the associations of alcohol consumption with six diabetes self-care behaviors. We determined levels of alcohol consumption and examined associations between alcohol consumption and six self-care behaviors in 65,996 adults with diabetes who received care through Kaiser Permanente Northern California and who responded to a 1994-1997 survey." A.T. Ahmed and colleagues at Kaiser Permanente explained, "Adherence with recommendations for self monitoring of blood glucose, HbA1c ...
Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2006-08-28)
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