their medical disorder, reinforce information on their therapeutic diet, help patients apply diet requirements to their life style and make necessary diet changes. . . .
Bed side Monitoring Computer use include collecting patient’s data. ECG analysis, urine output measurements and drug doses at bed side. . .
. Follow-up Microcomputers provide instant access to medical records, to schedule tests and retrieve laboratory data. . .
The actual instruction as the user sees in a computer is divided into: . ‘Master file’ which stores patients information like age, sex, address, height, weight, patient number and condition. . Food site which stores information on food items with their calories, carbohydrates, protein and fat value.
The food items are arranged alphabetically under the meal times. The quantity per serving and amount of individual serving will be displayed. Provision for adding and deleting food items is built in. The diet counselling system begins with patients personal information.
The counselling program is divided into sections. I. Analysis of food intake for a day II. Summary III.
Printout I. Analysis of the food intake This assists the subject to sequentially list all the food items at meals and estimate quantities. II. Summary The summary would give the intake for the day for energy, carbohydrate, protein, fat along with the recommended dietary intake.
III. Printout The printout would give the list of foods to be avoided and recommended along with the quantity per serving. The entire program is presented in Fig. Computer aided learning in dietetics – CALID CALID Food File Diet Counselling Process Master File Patient’s Name Food Items with Nutritive Value Patient’s Number Age Sex Condition Provision to add, delete and modify Provision to add, delete and modify Print Out UNIT - Therapeutic - - Therapeutic diets CALID: Computer Aided Learning in Dietetics Diet therapy: the role of food and nutrients in the treatment of various diseases Dietitian: refers to a health professional who is qualified to give accurate advice and information on all aspects of nutrition and diet Enteral or tube feeding: Tube feeding is when a special liquid food mixture containing