The Impact of Frailty in Type 2 Diabetes

Kırıkkale University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Treatments: Other: arms

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05863611

KirikkaleUniversity711

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of our work; To investigate the effect of frailty on balance and fall risk in individuals with type 2 diabetes.The reason why participants the investigators invited to the study is participants diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes.During the research, a questionnaire form (age, gender, educational status, etc.) in which participants demographic information will be recorded for evaluation purposes and a consent form for participation in the study will be filled. Standardized Mini Mental Test will be applied. Then fragility will be evaluated with the Fried Fragility Index. Fall assessment will be assessed with the Fall Risk Self-Assessment Scale and balance assessment will be made with the Tinetti Balance. participants will not need to spend a long time for all assessments. The time required for the assessment will be around 30 minutes.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed with diabetes
• Being 65 years or older
• Not having a cooperation problem,
• No communication difficulties or problems voluntarily accepting participation in the research

Exclusion criteria

• • Those with uncontrollable hypertension, heart disease, cardiac arrhythmia
• Those with cardiovascular disease
• Those who have malignancy and cause malignancy, chemotherapy, radiotherapy
• Those with any neurological or orthopedic disorders
• Those who have had an operation in the last 6 months
• Those on bed rest
• Individuals addicted to alcohol and drugs
• Those who do not agree to participate in the research

Trial design

50 participants in 2 patient groups

25 individuals with frailty syndrome with type 2 diabetes

Treatment:

Other: arms

25 individuals without frailty syndrome with type 2 diabetes

Treatment:

Other: arms