Prevalence of diabetes mellitus in geriatric patients in nursing homes of Cádiz. Diagerca study

Revista española de geriatría y gerontología
Juan Carlos Durán Alonso, investigadores del estudio Diagerca

Abstract

To determine prevalence and clinical characteristics of elderly diabetic patients in nursing homes. Observational and multicentre study in 14 nursing homes in Cádiz (Spain). age, sex, prevalence of diabetes, duration of diabetes, complications, macrovascular complications, retinopathy, nephropathy, and neuropathy. Metabolic control: frequency of baseline blood glucose and HbA1c determinations. Metabolic complications suffered. oral and type of antidiabetics, insulinisation. Diabetes education. Functional and mental assessment using Barthel index and MMT. Data was analysed using SPSS v17.0. A total of 1952 elderly institutionalised patients were studied, with a diabetes prevalence of 26.44%. The study included 312 patients with a mean age of 79.7 years, of whom 57.4% were women, and 66.9% knew of their diagnosis of diabetes for over 10 years. Vascular events were suffered by 55.1%, with the most common being ischaemic stroke (55.2%), followed by myocardial infarction (18%) and 14.5% with peripheral arterial disease. There were 29.6% with retinopathy, 21.3% diabetic nephropathy, and 25.6% suffering from distal symmetric polyneuropathy. HbA1c analysis was performed in 90.1% of patients, with 50% levels between 7 and 9%, with a six...Continue Reading

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