Relação entre estado nutricional e qualidade de vida de pacientes idosos diabéticos acompanhados em uma clínica escola

Abstract

Aging is something common for all individuals, consequently chronic non-communicable diseases may arise, such as Diabetes Mellitus. It is known that the diagnosis of diabetes can impact the quality of life due to changes in the routine that the elderly have. This study aims to relate the nutritional status with the perception of quality of life of elderly patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus. This is a cross-sectional quantitative study carried out with 41 elderly people in a teaching clinic. Four instruments were used for data collection: a socioeconomic questionnaire, a data collection protocol and the B-PAID and WHOQOL-BREF scales to assess quality of life. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics using mean and standard deviation. Most of the elderly analyzed are aged between 60 and 69 years (63.4%), are female (53.7%), married (48.8%), studied up to elementary school (65.9%) and have an income of up to 1 minimum wage (51.2%). Regarding nutritional status, most are overweight (61%). In assessing quality of life using the B-PAID, the largest dimensions observed were food and emotional. In the WHOQOL-BREF, the major domains were psychological and personal relationships. There was no significant association between the perception of quality of life and the nutritional status of elderly people with diabetes, noting that most of the elderly diabetic participants have a good quality of life, even living with diabetes.