Degree Of Functional Dependency In Elderly People With Diabetes Mellitus 2, Hospital II Chocope, 2017

Author
Gilberto Oswaldo Fernández De La Cruz

Source
UCV-SCIENTIA BIOMÉDICA. Vol 1 No 3 (2018): Julio - Setiembre

URL: http://revistas.ucv.edu.pe/index.php/UCVSCIENTIABIOMEDICA/article/view/1827

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of functional dependency in elderly people with Diabetes Mellitus 2. For this purpose, a descriptive, quantitative and cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample consisted of 175 elderly people diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus 2. The survey was used as a technique and the Barthel Index (BI) for basic activities of daily life (BADL) was used as an instrument. Among the results, it was found that from 100% of the elderly population, 36% were independent, 63% had some degree of mild to severe dependency and only 1% had total dependency, according to age for BADL. The group with the highest dependency with 100% is the one with 80 years of age and over, with respect to sex, the most dependent group was women with 64%. The study concluded that mild dependency predominates, it is more frequent in women, and there is a greater level od dependency in elderly people over 80 years of age.

Keywords

Dependency, elderly, functional capacity, diabetes mellitus 2, activities of daily life