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The role of dietitian in education of patients with histamine intolerance
Erban, David ; Humlová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Meisnerová, Eva (referee)
Aim of thesis: The aim of the research was to evaluate whether individual education by a clinical dietitian has a positive effect on the overall treatment of patients suffering from histamine intolerance. Methods: Eighteen patients with histamine intolerance attending the allergy outpatient clinic of the Department of Immunology and Microbiology of 1st Medical Faculty and General University Hospital in Prague were selected for the study. All eighteen of them completed the study. Before education, the patients filled in a questionnaire and blood was taken for subsequent analysis. This was followed by an approximately one-hour consultation with a clinical dietitian, from which each patient also received an individually created output. Patients also had the opportunity to contact the clinical dietitian with any questions via email. After three months, the patients again completed the questionnaire and blood was drawn again for subsequent analysis. Based on this information, it was compared whether or not the patients with histamine intolerance had improved their clinical symptoms and quality of life due to education by the clinical dietitian. Three respondents developed the acute respiratory disease at the beginning of the study, so it was not possible to collect blood from them before education. In...
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The role of nutritional therapist in education of patients with type 2 diabetes
Erban, David ; Škrha, Jan (advisor) ; Krátký, Jan (referee)
Aim of thesis: The research aimed to evaluate the importance of individual education by a clinical dietitian and compare it to information brochures only. Methods: 52 patients with type 2 diabetes from the Third Department of Internal Medicine of the General Hospital in Prague were selected for the research. Totally, 48 of them finished the research. These patients were divided into two groups. Group A was educated individually by a clinical dietitian. This group consisted of 27 patients, of which 13 were men and 14 were women. Group B was educated using a brochure only. This group consisted of 21 patients, of which 11 were men and 10 were women. Both groups were given the questionnaire before the education and then 4 months after the education. Additionally, glycated haemoglobin was measured in patients before the education and then 4 months after the education, during the next visit to their diabetologist. Results: In both groups, some improvement was observed after the education. Either in knowledge or their levels of glycated haemoglobin. In group A, the education had better cognitive results in all questions of the questionnaire except for one. Levels of glycated haemoglobin decreased by 9,4 in men and by 4,8 mmol/mol in women in group A. In group B, education did not affect the knowledge of...
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