Diabetes em idosos: uso de medicamentos e risco de interação medicamentosa

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Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol.

et al. 2017

Objective: To identify the prevalence of diabetes and its relation to associated factors in elderly persons receiving care at a specialist gerontology-geriatric outpatient service. A descriptive cross-sectional study of 301 elderly persons of both genders was performed. Method: The bivariate analysis was performed using the Pearson's Chi-square test for Independence and Fisher's exact test, considering 5% of significance and 95% confidence. A multivariate logistic regression model was adjusted to identify factors that may influence the occurrence of diabetes. Result: There was no statistically significant association between the prevalence of diabetes and socioeconomic and demographic variables, behavioral factors and health conditions. Only the Body Mass Index variable was close to being statistically significant ( p=0.059). Conclusion: The result confirms the need to develop new studies on the subject to consider the particularities and specificities of the elderly population to enable the creation of educational intervention strategies aimed at this group.

Section: Resultscontrasting

confidence: 99%

Factors associated with diabetes among the elderly receiving care at a specialized gerontology-geriatric outpatient clinic

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Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol.

et al. 2017

“…In this study, in relation to the type of treatment performed for the control of DM2, we highlight the diet and the association of OAD and insulin. Similar data were found in the study with older adults of both genders and with DM2, living in the city of Campinas, where the main strategies used to control DM2 were diet and OAD and insulin (26) . The treatment for DM2 with drugs seems to be more frequently performed by people with the disease, as they do not need to change their life habits.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 87%

Self-care activities, sociodemographic variables, treatment and depressive symptoms among older adults with Diabetes Mellitus

et al. 2019

Objective: to analyze the association between self-care activities of older adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and sociodemographic variables, type of treatment and depressive symptoms. Method: inferential and cross-sectional study, with 121 older adults with Type 2 DM in ambulatory care. We used a questionnaire for characterization of sociodemographic and health, questionnaire self-care activities with DM, Mini Mental State Examination and Geriatric Depression Scale. The association of variables was used (Fisher’s exact test) and for comparing the means (Student’s t-test and analysis of variance). Results: The mean age was 68.1 years, the majority were women (57.2%), retired (71.9%) and married (65.3%). The highest averages were for the activities: “to dry the spaces between the toes, after washing them” and smaller averages for “exercise”. Conclusion: In spite of high average for self-care activities, there is a need for enhanced performance and compliance to them.

“…These drugs may cause several side effects and, because of having unpleasant and uncontrollable drug interactions, have occasionally forced healthcare professionals to think of developing more pleasant drugs to manage diabetes (3-7). Nowadays, in the light of the confirmed effects of the medicines used in traditional medicine and the chemical drugs’ side effects, use of complementary and alternative medicine is being increasingly welcome by people worldwide (8-10).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Renal biochemical and histopathological alterations of diabetic rats under treatment with hydro alcoholic Morus nigra extrac

et al. 2016

Introduction: Morus nigra fruit is known to have antioxidant effects and used to control the blood sugar level in traditional medicine. Objectives: This study was conducted to investigate the biochemical and histopathological changes in the serum and kidneys of diabetic rats treated with hydroalcoholic M. nigra extract. Materials and Methods: In this study, 60 male Wistar rats were divided into five groups of 12 each. After induction of diabetes with alloxan, the diabetic rats were treated with hydroalcoholic extract of M. nigra at different concentrations. Then, the animals were anesthetized and the serum levels of glucose, creatinine, and urea as well as kidney tissue catalase level measured. The kidney tissue was also histopathologically examined. Results: Milder glomerular damage was seen in the group treated with 800 mg/kg of the M. nigra extract compared with diabetic and positive controls, and no difference in the expansion of mesenchymal tissue into renal glomerular vessels observed between the group treated with 800 mg/kg of M. nigra extract and diabetic and positive controls. Furthermore, creatinine levels were significantly higher and urea levels significantly lower in the group treated with 800 mg/kg of M. nigra extract than healthy and positive control groups (P<0.05). Conclusion: Administration of M. nigra extract at 800 mg/kg can prevent kidney tissue damage in diabetic rats and this fruit seems to be beneficial to patients with diabetes.