Diabetes Burden and Activation Levels in Elderly Individuals with Diabetes

Year 2024, Volume: 14 Issue: 4, 1015 - 1020, 29.12.2024

Mehtap Bölükbaşı , Neşe Uysal

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.1438208

Abstract

Objective: This research has been conducted to determine the diabetes burden and patient activation levels in elderly individuals with diabetes.
Methods: The sample of this descriptive study is composed of 230 individuals aged 65 years and over and individuals with a diagnosis of diabetes. Data has been collected at the internal medicine clinic of a state hospital between May 2021 and January 2022. Data collection has been collected using the Personal Information Form, Elderly Diabetes Burden Scale and Patient Activation Measure.
Results: It has been determined that 37.4% of geriatric diabetics were at the first activity level, and 14.3% at the second activity level. The average Patient Activation Measure score has a significant correlation with Elderly Diabetes Burden Scale. It has been determined that the situation of age, high school degree or a higher level of education, lack of any acute or chronic complications, another chronic disease, having a diabetes education, use of oral antidiabetic medications and total elderly diabetes burden have a significant effect on activity levels.
Conclusions: This study, it has shown that the burden of diabetes in geriatric patients has a significant difference by the patient activity levels.

Keywords

Activation level, Diabetes, Burden, Elderly

Ethical Statement

This study was approved by Ethics Committee of Amasya University, Noninvasive Clinic Ethics Committee (Approval date: April 8, 2021 Number: 50).

Supporting Institution

The authors received no financial support for the research

Thanks

We would like to thank all participants involved in the study

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