Sevilay Hintistan, RN, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Karadeniz Technical University Health Sciences Faculty, Nursing Department, Trabzon, Turkey.
Dilek Cilingir, RN, MS, PhD, Assistant Professor, Karadeniz Technical University Health Sciences Faculty, Nursing Department, Trabzon, Turkey.
Pak J Med Sci. 2013 Nov;29(6):1344-8.
To determine alexithymic characteristics and affecting factors in the elderly with diabetes mellitus.
This study was planned as a cross-sectional and descriptive study and was conducted in a state Hospital with 120 elderly patients with diabetes. Data were collected using a personal information form and the Toronto Alexithymia Scale.
Alexithymia was found in 75.8% of the elderly with diabetes mellitus. It was determined that patients experienced higher than average difficulty in describing and identifying feelings. They also had more externally-oriented thinking styles. Patients' income levels, family structure and illness duration affected their manifestation of alexithymic characteristics.
Majority of elderly patients with diabetes exhibited alexithymic characteristics. However, these were not shown to be associated with sex, age, marital, educational or professional status. In addition, no connection was found between alexithymia and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), body mass index (BMI), postprandial glucose (PBG), and the treatment and complications of diabetes mellitus.
确定老年糖尿病患者的述情障碍特征及其影响因素。
本研究为横断面描述性研究,在一家州立医院进行,共纳入 120 例老年糖尿病患者。使用个人信息表和多伦多述情障碍量表收集数据。
75.8%的老年糖尿病患者存在述情障碍。研究发现,这些患者在描述和识别感受方面存在较高的困难,并且表现出更多的外向思维模式。患者的收入水平、家庭结构和疾病持续时间影响其述情障碍特征的表现。
大多数老年糖尿病患者表现出述情障碍特征,但这些特征与性别、年龄、婚姻状况、教育程度或职业状况无关。此外,述情障碍与糖化血红蛋白(HbA1c)、体重指数(BMI)、餐后血糖(PBG)以及糖尿病的治疗和并发症之间也没有联系。