03. บทคัดย่ออังกฤษ อรุณรัตน์.pdf

ARUNRAT KRAILADSIRI : EFFECTS OF BALANCED DIET ACCORDING TO BUDDHIST MEDICINE ON THE CHANGES OF BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS AMONG TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS. MASTER OF DEGREE PROGRAME OF PUBLIC HEALTH SURINDRA RAJABHAT UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC YEAR 2017 THESIS ADVISORS : DR.SUTHEERA INTAJARURNSAN AND DR.RASSARIN CHATTHONGPISUT. 98 P. ABSTRACT This study was survey research which aimed to compare blood sugar levels among Type 2 diabetic (DM) patients between before and after participating at Buddhist holistic medicine camp and to study their balanced diet consumption behaviors according to Buddhist medicine after attending to the camp for 12 weeks. Samples were 35 Type 2DM patients who attending to the camp in October 2017 based on purposive sampling along with inclusion criteria. The research instruments consisted of a 3-day food record, weekly FBS together with HbA1c before and after 12 weeks. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and paired sample t-test. The findings revealed that FBS and HbA1c of the participants decreased significantly with p-value = 0.001. Because of the balanced diet 88.6% of patients have changed their sequential eating while 62.9% decreased using food additives, 60% increased their food mastication, 54.3% pay more attention to chemicals and insecticides, 42.9% decreased their meat dishes and 28.6 applied the knowledge of hot and cold inducing food. These results indicated that the balanced dietaccording to Buddhist medicine can control blood sugar level