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Satoshi Ida1, Kanako Imataka1, Keitaro Katsuki1
1Department of Diabetes and Metabolism, Ise Red Cross Hospital.
Objective:
This study aimed to examine the relationship between decreased appetite and the higher life function in elderly patients with diabetes.
Methods:
The subjects were outpatients with diabetes of ≥ 60 years of age at Ise Red Cross Hospital. The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence (TMIG-IC), a self-administered questionnaire, was used to assess the higher life function. The Japanese version of the Simplified Nutritional Appetite Questionnaire (SNAQ) was used to measure decreased appetite. A multiple regression analysis with TMIG-IC score as the dependent variable and decreased appetite and adjustment variables as explanatory variables was used to calculate the standardized regression coefficient (β) of decreased appetite for higher life functions.
Results:
A total of 492 patients were included in this study. Seventeen percent of the patients had decreased appetite, and the mean TMIG-IC score was 10.6. The adjusted beta for decreased appetite for the TMIG-IC score based on no decreased appetite was -0.141 (P=0.004).
Conclusion:
Decreased appetite in elderly patients with diabetes is associated with impaired higher life functions.
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