GAME-BASED TRAINING METHOD IN DIABETES SCHOOL Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method involves training patients in groups formed with age, length of service and disease type taken into account. Treatment comprises basic training program including cognitive theoretical material combined with practical tasks. The following topics like digestion and metabolism; causes, pathogenesis and symptoms of diabetes mellitus; emergency states associated with diabetes mellitus; hypo- and hyperglycemia; self-control; compensated diabetes mellitus; physical activity during diabetes mellitus; diabetes mellitus complications; diabetes and alcohol; insulin preparations and insulin therapy are sequentially studied within a training course. Practical training includes training behavior under particular circumstances usable for training child skills and additional exercises given in facultative mode. Additional information is given for fixing the acquired skills by reviewing experience received in basic lessons. Fairy tales therapy is applied in tutorial process by letting children create fairy world of diabetes where they live and are able to rule over it. Art therapy is applied for creating disease image. Dance therapy is used for mastering historical events in diabetes mellitus development by staging those historical events.

EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness in preventing diabetes mellitus complications.

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