Carina Bandeira Bezerra1, Maria Vieira de Lima Saintrain2, Ana Ofélia Portela Lima3, Marina Arrais Nobre1, Rafaela Lais E Silva Pesenti Sandrin1, Débora Rosana Alves Braga4, Jean Doucet5. 1. School of Medicine, University of Fortaleza - Unifor, Av. Washington Soares, 1321, Edson Queiroz, CEP 60.811-905 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. 2. Public Health Graduation Program, University of Fortaleza - Unifor, Av. Washington Soares, 1321, Edson Queiroz, CEP 60.811-905 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Electronic address: mariavieira@unifor.br. 3. Public Health Graduation Program, University of Fortaleza - Unifor, Av. Washington Soares, 1321, Edson Queiroz, CEP 60.811-905 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. 4. School of Dentistry, University of Fortaleza - Unifor, Av. Washington Soares, 1321, Edson Queiroz, CEP 60.811-905 Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. 5. Department of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Therapeutics, Saint Julien Hospital, Rouen University Hospital, 76031 Rouen Cedex, France. Electronic address: jean.doucet@chu-rouen.fr.
Abstract
AIMS: This study aimed to compare the sociodemographic and epidemiological profiles between Brazilian and French older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS: Quantitative analytical study of 248 type 2 diabetes patients aged 65+ years receiving care in a center for integrated diabetes and hypertension care. The data were compared with the GERODIAB study conducted in France. RESULTS: The participants' mean age was 73.16 ± 6.4 years, with 162 (65.4%) participants aged less than 75 years and 38 (15.3%) over 80 years old. Almost all the participants (99.2%) lived at home, 35 (14.1%) were uneducated, and 17 (6.9%) had completed higher education. The majority (232 older people) were retired. Most of the median values of the variables differed statistically (p < 0.001) between the two populations. Peripheral vascular disease, diabetic neuropathy, foot wound, amputation, hypoglycemia, hyperosmolarity and other intercurrent infections differed statistically (p < 0.001) between the two populations. Most of the medication use variables differed significantly (p < 0.05) between Brazilians and the French. CONCLUSIONS: The statistically significant differences between the two populations reveal better conditions among the French participants, which highlights the importance of the scientific evidence found in the French study for developing public health actions targeted at Brazilian diabetic older people.
AIMS: This study aimed to compare the sociodemographic and epidemiological profiles between Brazilian and French older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS: Quantitative analytical study of 248 type 2 diabetespatients aged 65+ years receiving care in a center for integrated diabetes and hypertension care. The data were compared with the GERODIAB study conducted in France. RESULTS: The participants' mean age was 73.16 ± 6.4 years, with 162 (65.4%) participants aged less than 75 years and 38 (15.3%) over 80 years old. Almost all the participants (99.2%) lived at home, 35 (14.1%) were uneducated, and 17 (6.9%) had completed higher education. The majority (232 older people) were retired. Most of the median values of the variables differed statistically (p < 0.001) between the two populations. Peripheral vascular disease, diabetic neuropathy, foot wound, amputation, hypoglycemia, hyperosmolarity and other intercurrent infections differed statistically (p < 0.001) between the two populations. Most of the medication use variables differed significantly (p < 0.05) between Brazilians and the French. CONCLUSIONS: The statistically significant differences between the two populations reveal better conditions among the French participants, which highlights the importance of the scientific evidence found in the French study for developing public health actions targeted at Brazilian diabetic older people.
Authors: Amanda Thurler Palomo; Ana Paula Maia Pires; Marcelo Fernando Matielo; Rafael de Athayde Soares; Christiano Pecego; Roberto Sacilotto; Alexandre Inacio de Paula; Nair Hosino; Cristiano de Melo Gamba; Cibele Lefreve Fonseca; Daniela K S Paraskevopoulos; Augusto Yamaguti; João Silva de Mendonça; Silvia Figueiredo Costa; Thaís Guimarães Journal: Antibiotics (Basel) Date: 2022-08-19