DAFNE MONITORING DIARIES

July 18, 2014 09:42

stephenbrowne DAFNE Graduate
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 37 posts

Thanks Stew,
I had forgotten about the CHO counting booklet. The blood sugar DAFNE diary service sounds good. Unfortunately as I have to do so many tests I find I can't get all of one day's readings on to a line which is why I prefer the Diabetes Support Information Exchange version as there is a bit more room. Nevertheless the official DAFNE version is more compact and perhaps useful for holidays/travel.
On the subject of CHO counting I wonder if anyone has an idea of how much CHO thee is in Staffordshire Oat cakes. These are different from scottish oatcakes ( which are a type of biscuit) and really look a bit like pancakes. I try to work in G of carbohydrate rather than carbohydrate portions and I have estimated that one Staffordshire Oatcake is about 15-20 g CHO ( 1 1/2 - 2 CP)

SB

February 13, 2015 20:52

David Hales DAFNE Graduate
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 12 posts

Can you not print the diary from the readings you have input. or do you mean that you have to re-input all the readings to a Word document before you print it out?
I am new to DAFNE and wondered about the printing (as I'd like a bigger sheet to review and identify problems), and also how to download the readings to my PC to print it.
Is any of you experienced people able to help me on this, please?

February 15, 2015 11:49

Peter DUAG Committee Member
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) 109 posts

David, Assuming you're asking about printing data entered into dafneonline, then the capability exists under the DAFNE Tools option on the top line of the site, providing you're signed in. In there you can select the date range to view online or to export. The export offers XML, CSV and PDF formats. For printing the PDF version should give you what you need. Personally I export to Excel in CSV format and have a spreadsheet to reformat the data so that meals are aligned as I find it easier to interpret the data like that.

July 18, 2014 09:42 stephenbrowne DAFNE Graduate University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust 37 posts	Thanks Stew, I had forgotten about the CHO counting booklet. The blood sugar DAFNE diary service sounds good. Unfortunately as I have to do so many tests I find I can't get all of one day's readings on to a line which is why I prefer the Diabetes Support Information Exchange version as there is a bit more room. Nevertheless the official DAFNE version is more compact and perhaps useful for holidays/travel. On the subject of CHO counting I wonder if anyone has an idea of how much CHO thee is in Staffordshire Oat cakes. These are different from scottish oatcakes ( which are a type of biscuit) and really look a bit like pancakes. I try to work in G of carbohydrate rather than carbohydrate portions and I have estimated that one Staffordshire Oatcake is about 15-20 g CHO ( 1 1/2 - 2 CP) SB
February 13, 2015 20:52 David Hales DAFNE Graduate Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust 12 posts	Can you not print the diary from the readings you have input. or do you mean that you have to re-input all the readings to a Word document before you print it out? I am new to DAFNE and wondered about the printing (as I'd like a bigger sheet to review and identify problems), and also how to download the readings to my PC to print it. Is any of you experienced people able to help me on this, please?
February 15, 2015 11:49 Peter DUAG Committee Member University College London Hospitals (UCLH) 109 posts	David, Assuming you're asking about printing data entered into dafneonline, then the capability exists under the DAFNE Tools option on the top line of the site, providing you're signed in. In there you can select the date range to view online or to export. The export offers XML, CSV and PDF formats. For printing the PDF version should give you what you need. Personally I export to Excel in CSV format and have a spreadsheet to reformat the data so that meals are aligned as I find it easier to interpret the data like that.