One-minute mental status examination for category fluency is more useful than mini-mental state examination to evaluate the reliability of insulin self-injection in elderly diabetic patients.
J Diabetes Investig
; 5(3): 340-4, 2014 May 04.
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ABSTRACT
AIMS/INTRODUCTION:
We investigated the factors associated with the reliability of insulin self-injection in elderly diabetic patients receiving insulin therapy. MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
We enrolled diabetic patients aged ≥65 years and receiving insulin therapy, and assessed their cognitive function by the mini-mental state examination and 1-min mental status examination for category fluency. We also observed their technique of insulin self-injection, and evaluated whether or not patients were able to inject insulin by themselves according to nine defined details in terms of insulin self-injection. The predictive factors for the reliability of insulin self-injection were determined by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis. There were 278 participants (135 males, 143 females) enrolled in the present study.RESULTS:
According to multivariate logistic regression analysis, only the 1-min mental status examination score was found to be a significant independent predictor of the reliability of insulin self-injection (odds ratio 0.75; 95% confidence interval 0.62-0.90; P = 0.002).CONCLUSIONS:
The 1-min mental status examination for category fluency can be considered more useful than mini-mental state examination to evaluate the reliability of insulin self-injection in elderly diabetic patients receiving insulin therapy.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Type d'étude:
Prognostic_studies
Langue:
En
Journal:
J Diabetes Investig
Année:
2014
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Article