Diabetes in the Elderly: Retrospective Study
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Purpose
Diabetes is highly prevalent in the elderly, afflicting about 20% of older adults aged 65-75 years and 40% of adults >80years of age. Management of hyperglycemia is challenging in the geriatric population in long-term facilities. Numerous factors place hospitalized patients at increased risk for hyperglycemia including aging, sedentary life, stress of medical and surgical comorbidities, and changes in antidiabetic regimen. In addition, elderly patients often experience changes in their nutritional intake and organ dysfunction which increase the risk of hypoglycemic events.
There are only a few retrospective studies in elderly patients analyzing quality of diabetes care and glycemic control adjusted for medications and presence of co-morbidities in long-term care facilities. In addition, no randomized controlled trials have demonstrated benefits of glycemic control on clinical outcome, quality of life, and rate of acute metabolic complications (hyperglycemia and hypoglycemic events) in long-term care facilities.
| Condition |
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Diabetes |
| Study Type: | Observational |
| Study Design: | Observational Model: Cohort Time Perspective: Retrospective |
| Official Title: | Diabetes Care in Nursing Home Residents |
- prevalence of diabetes [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- differences in glycemic control [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]determine differences in glycemic control as measured by mean daily blood glucose concentration between different insulin regimens
- evaluate the impact of quality of care and glycemic control on clinical outcome in elderly subjects [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 300 |
| Study Start Date: | May 2010 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2012 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | December 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Groups/Cohorts |
|---|
| Nursing home residents with diabetes |
Detailed Description:
The investigators will conduct a retrospective study to determine the prevalence of diabetes, comprehensively describe the management of diabetes, and to evaluate the impact of quality of care and glycemic control on clinical outcome in elderly subjects admitted to two large long-term care facilities: Grady Health System (GHS) and Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) in Atlanta, Georgia between 1/01/08 to 12/31/08.
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 65 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
| Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
older adults ages 65+ admitted to two large long-term care facilities
Inclusion Criteria:
- ages 65+
- diagnosis of diabetes
Contacts and Locations| United States, Georgia | |
| A.G. Rhodes Homes | |
| Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30312 | |
| Bud Terrace Homes | |
| Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30329 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Guillermo Umpierrez, MD | Emory University |
More Information
No publications provided
| Responsible Party: | Guillermo Umpierrez, Professor of Medicine, Emory University |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01104168 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | IRB00035147 |
| Study First Received: | April 9, 2010 |
| Last Updated: | October 4, 2012 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by Emory University:
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diabetes elderly nursing home resident |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Diabetes Mellitus Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Endocrine System Diseases |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013