Azime Karakoc Kumsar, Sezgi Cinar Pakyuz, Aytekin Oguz, Banu Alpaslan Mesci.
The effect of education and consultancy provided by nurse on main components of metabolic syndrome in women.
Pak J Med Res Jan ;54(1):12-8.

Background: The prevalence of metabolic syndrome is increasing day by day throughout the world. Cardiovascular disease are the primary clinical outcome of metabolic syndrome. Most individuals who develop cardiovascular disease have multiple risk factors. Objective: To evaluate the effects of education and consultancy provided by the nurses to the women suffering from metabolic syndrome. Study type, settings, duration: Randomised single blind controlled study, conducted in an obesity outpatient clinic in the department of endocrinology and metabolism, Istanbul from November, 2010 to October, 2011. Subjects and Methods: A total 120 women with metabolic syndrome were randomly assigned to the intervention and control group. An education and consultancy program was given to the intervention group which comprised of reading materials and power-point presentations for three days. Individual consultancy was provided at the request of the patient. Data was collected using biochemical markers like fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, cholesterol, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and body composition measurements such as body weight, body fat and body mass index. Data was collected twice for ten months in the intervention and the control group and analyzed using Student t-tests, Mann Whitney U test, Wilcoxon and Chi-square test. Results: In the intervention group, significant decrease was observed in fasting blood glucose, HbA1c, triglyceride, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, body weight, body mass index, visceral fat, total body fat and muscle, waist circumference, hip circumference, while an increase was observed in HDL-cholesterol. Individual consultancy was provided at the request of the patient. In the control group no significant change was seen between pre-assessment and pos- assessment parameters. Conclusion: Education and consultancy provided by the nurses was effective in improving the basic parameters of metabolic syndrome in women.

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