Okab Ammar Abbas, Al-Ganmi Ali Hussein Alek, Jawad Ahmed Kadhim, Ali Nadia Abd Ellatif
Department of Technical Nursing, Technical Institute-Suwaira, Middle Technical University, Wasit, Iraq.
Department of Adult Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq.
Niger Postgrad Med J. 2025 Jul 1;32(3):165-170. doi: 10.4103/npmj.npmj_36_25. Epub 2025 Aug 1.
Diabetes exacerbates frailty syndrome in elderly adults, with long-term protein and calorie deficiencies contributing to physical decline and worsening health outcomes.
To assess nutritional status and frailty amongst elderly people with diabetes mellitus and to find out the relation between these two variables.
An analytic cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 650 elderly with diabetes mellitus at two endocrine and diabetes centres in Baghdad City-Iraq from February to June 2024. Data were collected using 'Mini Nutritional Assessment questionnaire to assess the nutritional status and Physical Frailty Phenotype scale' to assess frailty status amongst the elderly. Data were analysed utilising the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS) version 28.
Results of 650 elderly with diabetes revealed that 42.6% were aged between 60 and 69 years old, 59.8% were males, 72% lived in rural areas, 89.4% were married, 55.8% were not working, and 67.1% suffered from hypertension. The finding indicated that more than half of the elderly with diabetes suffered from malnutrition and frailty. There was a highly significant correlation between diabetes elderly nutritional status and their physical frailty amongst the elderly with diabetes.
Nutritional status is a pivotal determinant in the development of frailty amongst elderly individuals with diabetes, with malnutrition significantly contributing to the progression of their condition.
糖尿病会加重老年人的衰弱综合征，长期的蛋白质和热量缺乏会导致身体机能下降和健康状况恶化。
评估糖尿病老年人的营养状况和衰弱情况，并找出这两个变量之间的关系。
2024年2月至6月，在伊拉克巴格达市的两个内分泌和糖尿病中心，对650名老年糖尿病患者进行了一项分析性横断面研究。使用“简易营养评估问卷”评估营养状况，使用“身体衰弱表型量表”评估老年人的衰弱状况。数据采用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）28版进行分析。
650名老年糖尿病患者的结果显示，42.6%的患者年龄在60至69岁之间，59.8%为男性，72%居住在农村地区，89.4%已婚，55.8%没有工作，67.1%患有高血压。研究结果表明，超过一半的老年糖尿病患者存在营养不良和衰弱问题。在老年糖尿病患者中，糖尿病患者的营养状况与其身体衰弱之间存在高度显著的相关性。
营养状况是老年糖尿病患者衰弱发展的关键决定因素，营养不良会显著促进其病情发展。
