Nutritional evaluation, energy consumption and alteration in fast glucemia in elderly
International Journal of Development Research
Nutritional evaluation, energy consumption and alteration in fast glucemia in elderly
Received 03rd July, 2019; Received in revised form 17th August, 2019; Accepted 20th September, 2019; Published online 16th October, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Poliana Fernandes Gonçalves et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
With the aging of the population and the increasing life expectancy, there was a predominance of chronic no communicable diseases. The nutritional status of the elderly population commonly interacts with changes intrinsic to aging as well as lifestyle and changes in the health profile of individuals. This is a cross-sectional and quantitative research, made up of 93 elderly people of both genders. Data were collected through laboratory examination, questionnaires pre-existing Elder Abuse, food frequency (FFQ) and socio-demographic disease. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS statistical program® 25.0. Results were divided into patients with fasting glucose changes, which is the dependent variable of the analysis. Subdivided into two groups: those who take or not medications to control blood glucose, with a population of elderly with an age average of 68.44 years who take medications and those who do not, have an age average of 70.14 years. The Spearman correlation showed that patients taking blood glucose control medication have a negative and moderate correlation between glucose and age (r = -0.489) and between glucose and body mass index (r = -0.102). This indicates that glucose is increasing according to the variation of these variables. In patients who do not take medication, it is observed that there is a positive and moderate correlation between the increase in blood glucose and the patient's age (r = 0.175) and between glucose and body mass index (r = 0.242). That the older and overweight is an increase in glucose. Not getting positive results in the other variables. The aim of the present study is to analyze the correlation of nutritional assessment, energy consumption and fasting glucose changes in elderly diabetics who use or not medications to control blood glucose. In this context, data on food consumption and biochemical tests are extremely important in the assessment and evolution of individuals, as they directly assist in the investigation and monitoring of changes presented by the patient and the most appropriate treatment.
