OBJECTIVE to evaluate the conditions of functional health literacy of an elderly diabetics group. METHOD cross-sectional and descriptive study, with diabetic's elderly assisted in the SUS (N = 114). The social and health conditions were evaluated as well as functional health literacy by S-TOFHLA test (short version); the simple proportions, average, standard deviation and Pearson's Chi-square...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Although recent evidence has indicated that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in the elderly is a risk factor for cognitive dysfunction or dementia, few studies have prospectively observed this potential cognitive decline. In the current study, we performed cognitive assessments at baseline and after 3 years in the same patient group in an attempt to reveal the contributions of di...

Malignant external otitis manifests as a painful inflammation of the external ear canal, associated with purulent otorrhea and granulation a polyp, MEO is a rare infection of the temporal bone primarily affecting elderly patients and diabetics or immunocompromised individuals. We present a rare case of Fungal malignant otitis externa with facial nerve palsy where formal tissue sampling revealed...

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is reported to be higher in elderly diabetics. Serum heart-type fatty acid binding protein (H-FABP) is a serum marker of myocardial ischemia. We aimed to investigate the association between serum H-FABP level and conventional cardiovascular risk factors, inflammatory markers and subclinical atherosclerosis in elderly diabetics without overt CVD. Patient...

Evidence supports the link between air pollution and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Therefore, exposure to indoor (IDP) is likely be associated with disease. The poor, refugees, migrant workers who live in feeble conditions are most vulnerable. pandemic has caused many people remain indoors, especially at-risk individuals (e.g., elderly, diabetics, obese, cardiac, chronic lung patients). ...

Diabetes is a major public health problem in the world and one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease. Aging of the population is expected to further increase the prevalence of type 2 diabetes, particularly in the age group over 65. According to the 2011 census, in Croatia, 17.7% of thepopulation were elderly, and the estimated prevalence...

fact, people are always in pursuit of diets that are effective and easy to follow. Studies show that the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension (DASH diet) and The Mediterranean diet are beneficial for weight loss, glycaemic control in diabetics, primary prevention in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, a decrease in the mortality rate and slower cognitive decline i...

background: due to the increasing number of stressful life events among the elderly and the rapid spread of diabetes among them, the present study compared the stressful life events of diabetic elderly with those of non-diabetic elderly. materials and methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on 240 senior citizens of over 60 years of age (120 diabetic patients and 120 non-...

Currently we have more than 65 million Diabetes patients in India with estimated 80 million prediabetics. Diabetes is a immunologically vulnerable population to develop all types of microbial infections. Pneumoccocal infections do have a substantial morbidity and mortality burden in the community. India has a large geriatric pool now which has substantially increased pneumococcal disease burden...

Abstract Background The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in 2020 caused a highly transmissible disease with significant impact on the elderly. Understanding viral clearance duration of COVID-19 is important to tailor prevention strategies this vulnerable category. We aimed investigate infection and associated factors prolonged among elderly people comparatively young people. Methods conducted cohort study a...