Nutrition Counseling Position in Reducing the Duration of Admission for Patients with Type 2 DiabetesUndergoing Cataract Surgery

Cataract is one of the most common ocular diseases caused by various causes including congenital, resulting from trauma, drug or radiation, diabetes, or aging. Diabetes type 2, as a common metabolic disorder, is one of the main reasons for cataracts. we aimed to study nutritional counseling's status on the correction of glucose and urea and creatinine patterns and blood pressure of patients undergoing cataract surgery and reducing the pre-operative hospitalization time.

In this study, 60 women with type 2 diabetes and 39 male participantsaged 25 to 65 (aged 25 to 65) were randomly assignedinto two groups (control without diet and nutritional counseling). The target group (presentation of diabetic diet and nutrition counseling) went under investigation two weeks before cataract surgery. Blood sampling proceeded from the arm vein in a sitting way one day before and afterthe diet (12 hours of fasting).

Fasting blood glucose, body weight, waist circumference, urea, creatinine, blood pressure, and hospitalization period were significantly decreased after surgery (p≤0.05).

The results showed that receiving nutrition counseling and diet before cataract surgery can improve fasting blood glucose, 2-hour blood glucose, body weight, urea, creatinine, blood pressure, and thus hospitalization and recovery be reduced after surgery.