Type 2 Diabetes Correlates with Comorbidity and Nutritional Status but Not with Functional Health in Geriatric Ward Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study in Poland

The study aimed to assess the comorbidity profile, functional, and nutritional health in geriatric ward patients depending on their type 2 diabetes (DM) status. We performed a cross-sectional study of 416 patients - median age 82 years (IQR 77-86), 77.4% female, 96.9% community-dwelling - consecutiv...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity metabolic syndrome and obesity, 2020-01, Vol.13, p.4599-4607
Main Authors: Wojszel, Zyta Beata, Magnuszewski, Lukasz
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Aged patients
Analysis
Atrial fibrillation
Body mass index
Cardiac patients
chronic diseases
Chronic illnesses
Chronic kidney failure
Comorbidity
comprehensive geriatric assessment
Cross-sectional studies
Diabetes
disability
geriatric department
Heart
Medical research
Medical screening
Medicine, Experimental
Mental health
multimorbidity
Nutritional status
Obesity
older adults
Older people
Original Research
Software
Type 2 diabetes
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The study aimed to assess the comorbidity profile, functional, and nutritional health in geriatric ward patients depending on their type 2 diabetes (DM) status. We performed a cross-sectional study of 416 patients - median age 82 years (IQR 77-86), 77.4% female, 96.9% community-dwelling - consecutively admitted to the geriatric ward at the turn of 2014 and 2015. Comprehensive geriatric assessment results were analyzed (including self-care and instrumental activities of daily living, cognitive abilities, emotional health, risk of falls, frailty status, dynapenia, nutritional health, morbidity, biochemical parameters, and pharmacotherapy). DM was observed in 126 (30.3%) patients hospitalized in the study period; 4% of DM cases were newly diagnosed. In comparison to patients without DM, older adults with type 2 DM were significantly more frequently burdened with multimorbidity (61.1% versus 39.7%, P
ISSN:1178-7007
1178-7007
DOI:10.2147/DMSO.S279388