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- Title
Frailty syndrome in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Authors
Pena da Silva, Analizia; da Pureza, Demilto Yamaguchi; Braga Landre, Cleuton
- Abstract
Objective: To determine the prevalence of frailty syndrome in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Methods: Cross-sectional study including 30 elderly of both genders, aged 60-79 years, and diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. The research instruments were validated for Portuguese, included sociodemographic and clinical variables, and criteria for frailty syndrome. The elderly were divided into frail, pre-frail and non-frail. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: The prevalence of frailty was 56.7%. The associated factors were the following: female gender (70.6%); widowed (69.2%); white color (58.8%); not working (69.2%); and time since diagnosis of 25-48 months (47.1%). Conclusion: The associated factors such as sociodemographic, economic and time since diagnosis did not affect the prevalence of frailty syndrome in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; FRAIL elderly; TYPE 2 diabetes; SCIENTIFIC observation; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Acta Paulista de Enfermagem, 2015, Vol 28, Issue 6, p503
- ISSN
0103-2100
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1982-0194201500085