Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Depression is a frequent pathology in elderly subjects, due to lifestyle changes, age and the high frequency of comorbidities. Our study aimed to assess the prevalence of depression in a group of elderly diabetics and to investigate its impact on diabetes control.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study, conducted in a group of 200 type 2 diabetic patients, aged 70 years or more. We screened for depression using the 15-point geriatric depr...

Introduction: The number of elderly diabetics is increasing in Tunisia. We aimed to describe, sociodemographic, clinical and evolutionary profile of elderly diabetic patients.Methods: Retrospective study of elderly diabetic subjects was carried out. Data were collected from patients’ medical records and by questioning during a direct interview with patients.Results: Twohundred patients aged 70 and over, were included. The aver...

Objective: Dyslipidemia represents an added factor of cardiovascular risk for patients with diabetes. The objective of this work was to study the characteristics of dyslipidemia in a group of patients with diabetes.Methods Cross-sectional study including a group of patients with diabetes associated with dyslipidemia, during a period of 6 months, admitted in the day hospital unit of the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis. The data was collected by c...

IntroductionThe objective of our study was to compare the glycemic control between patients on human insulin and those on insulin analogues.MethodsWe conducted a prospective, randomized and comparative study. By recruiting patients with diabetes hospitalized in the day hospital departement at the National Nutrition Institute in Tunis during 8 months. The glycemic control of patients on human insulin and those...

Introduction: Cognitive disorders are common in the elderly population. Diabetes accelerates cognitive deterioration in this population. We aimed to estimate the frequency of cognitive disorders in elderly diabetics ubjects.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study including200 elderly diabetic patients. Cognitive function was assessed using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score. Participants having a score below 26 were considered cognitively impaired.ResultsMedian HbA...

Introduction: The care of elderly people with diabetes depends on their clinical and functional state. The prognosis and therapeutic goals are impacted by the degree of fragility The aim of this study was to assess the level of frailty in a group of elderly diabetic subjects.Methods: This was a cross-sectional study including twohundr edelderly type 2 diabetic patients. All of them were screened for the five Frieds’frailty criteria. A patient was co...

Introduction: Glycemic control in diabetic patients undergoing hemodialysis is difficult to achieve because of the high glycemic variability in this population. The aim of our study was to assess the glycemic profile, using the continuous glucose monitoring system ‘CGMS’, in a group of insulin-treated diabetic patients on hemodialysis.Methods: We conducted a descriptive, evaluative, longitudinal study involving insulin-treated diabetic patients...