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Diabetes

Introduction to Pattern Management

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Catalog #: DB-41
Duration: 18 minutes
Format(s): VHS videocassette DVD Closed Captioned
Language(s): English or Spanish

Summary

After explaining pattern management, this video helps patients see how it can be used to help them achieve short and long-term self-care goals. The video breaks pattern management down into five steps and uses case studies to provide examples. The importance of record-keeping, regular blood glucose testing, and testing schedules are stressed.

Details

Pattern management is a method of problem solving.

Helps balance the components of your treatment plan:

  • meal plan, exercise, the medication and your blood sugar test results
  • help keep your blood sugar in your target range

Uses information about:

  • you, your lifestyle and your treatment plan
  • how you feel, such as illness, your stress level, and any unusual circumstances

Work with your Diabetes educator to keep blood sugar in your target range by making changes in your treatment plan.

Over time you will have the ability to make more of the day-to-day decisions for your health.

Pattern management involves five basic steps:

  1. keep complete records about all aspects of your treatment plan
  2. review your records. Look for readings out of your target range
  3. see if a pattern appears in the out of range results or if they are random
  4. discover a reason for patterns that appear by studying your records
    • look at your treatment plan
    • nutrition, exercise or medication
  5. make adjustments to correct the problem responsible for the out of range test results, trying to eliminate the pattern

Discuss with your diabetes care team what adjustments you can make on your own. You should not attempt adjustments to your medications without discussing this change with your diabetes care team and getting their OK beforehand.

Real-life examples of pattern management.

You need to have enough information to identify patterns. You may need to take 3 or 4 blood sugar readings a day.

Nutrition:

  • everything you eat has a direct impact on your blood sugar

Exercise:

  • examine frequency, duration and consistency

Medications:

  • oral medication example
  • insulin example
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