Status quo and influencing factors of frailty in elderly diabetic patients
SUN Mingnan
SUN Xiaofeng
WANG Haitao
YU Xiuxiang
LI Mingjin
Abstract：Objective:To understand status quo of frailty in elderly diabetic patients and analyze its influencing factors.Methods:A total of 260 elderly diabetic patients from the endocrinology department and wound repair department of a tertiary grade A hospital in Weihai city were selected as research subjects by convenient sampling method.And general information questionnaire,the Chinese version of Tilburg Frailty Indicator(TFI),the Chinese version of traditional Chinese medicine health care literacy questionnaire for the elderly,and the Chinese version of the Diabetes Distress Scale(DDS)were used to investigate patients.And analyzed the influencing factors of frailty in elderly diabetic patients.Results:The total score of weakness among 260 elderly diabetic patients was(7.79±3.92)points,of which 179(68.8%)were weak.The results of linear regression analysis showed that traditional Chinese medicine health care literacy,age,psychological pain,payment method of medical expenses,diabetic complications,drug use,residence,and night sleep time were the influencing factors of frailty in elderly diabetic patients,accounting for 65.0%of the total variation of weakness.Conclusions:Frailty in elderly diabetic patients at the middle level,and nursing staff should develop effective intervention plans based on influencing factors of frailty.
Keywords：elderly peoplediabetesweaknesstraditional Chinese medicine health care literacypsychological paininfluencing factorsnursing
Publication Date：2024-01-25
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 280-286 )