ECEESPE2025 ePoster Presentations Diabetes and Insulin (245 abstracts)
Assessment of nutritional status in elderly diabetics in hospital
Ramla Mizouri 1 , Rym Ben Othman 1 , Rim Rachdi 1 , Berriche Olfa 1 , Faten Mahjoub 1,2 , Nadia Ben Amor 1 & Jamoussi Henda 1
1Institut National de Nutrition de Tunis, Service A, Tunis, Tunisia; 2Institut National de Nutrition de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia
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Introduction: The assessment of the nutritional status of elderly diabetics is essential; it makes it possible to detect undernutrition which could increase morbidity and mortality and prolong the duration of hospitalization. The objective of this study was to evaluate the nutritional status of elderly diabetics.
Methods: This is a descriptive study carried out on 50 hospitalized elderly type 2 diabetics. The assessment of nutritional status was based on the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) questionnaire.
Results: The average age of patients was 69.36 years with a female predominance (74%). The average BMI was 26.7 kg/m2. The average duration of diabetes progression was 15 years with an average HBA1c of 10.2%. Half of the patients aged between 65 and 80 years presented a risk of malnutrition (score: 17 to 23.5), while all subjects aged over 80 presented this risk. However, we did not find a correlation between age and nutritional status (P = 0.44). Nearly two thirds of women (60%) were at risk of malnutrition. This risk is twice as high as in men (P = 0.04). We did not find a correlation between the duration of diabetes and nutritional status.
Conclusion: Undernutrition in elderly diabetics is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and impaired quality of life. This observation justifies the imperative of an early assessment of nutritional status using the MNA questionnaire which must be part of the gerontological examination.
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