A Study on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Influencing Factors in Elderly Diabetic Patients

Objective:To investigate the oral health related quality of life in elderly diabetic patients and analyze its influencing factors.Methods:Convenience sampling was used to select 190 elderly patients with diabetes under the Department of Endocrinology and Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in the Affiliated Hospital of Hebei University as the research subjects.The Chinese version of the Oral Health Influence Scale(OHIP-14)was used to conduct a questionnaire survey,and univariate analysis and multiple stepwise regression analysis were used to analyze the influencing factors of oral health related quality of life in elderly diabetic patients.Results:The elderly diabetic patients'oral health related quality of life score was 34.48±3.23,which is in the middle-lower range.The findings of multivariate stepwise regression analysis revealed that the course of disease,regular visits to the dentist,sleep quality,oral health knowledge,and oral health attitude together explained 58.9%of the total variance in elderly diabetic patients in terms of their oral health related quality of life(p<0.05).Conclusion:The oral health related quality of life of elderly diabetic patients is generally low,and is affected by the duration of diabetes,sleep quality,and oral health knowledge,attitude,and behavior(regular visits to the dentist).Improving patientsJ attention to oral health problems by improving sleep as well as their own oral health knowledge,attitude,and behavior is an effective way to enhance oral health related quality of life.

Study on treatment and nursing of elderly patients with gastric cancer complicated with diabetes

Objective To study and analyze the treatment and nursing of elderly patients with gastric cancer complicated with diabetes.Methods:different data were analyzed and summarized.Conclusion:the elderly patients with gastric cancer and diabetes can cooperate with the control of blood glucose during the surgical treatment,and strengthen the nursing before and after the operation.

Simple Renal Cyst with Clustering of Small Stones in an Elderly Patient withType II Diabetes Mellitus

Intracystic renal stones are rare.The authors wishto report here an aged case of type 2 diabetes mellituscomplicated with sohtary renal cyst with intracysticstones.

Relationship between serum osteocalcin levels and glucolipid metabolism in elderly type 2 diabetic patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Objective To explore the relationship between serum osteocalcin levels and glucolipid metabolism in elderly type 2 diabetic patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD).Methods Data collected from 97 pa-tients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM)admitted to the Department of Geriatric Endocrinology of the First Affiliated hospital of Zhengzhou University from June

The study of the correlation between serum uric acid and insulin resistance in middle-aged and elderly hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes

Objective To study the relationship between serum uric acid and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetic patients.Methods A total of 728 middle-aged and elderly type 2 diabetic patients were recruited and the anthropometric,clinical and biochemical parameters and

Effect of Atorvastatin on the levels of adiponectin and leptin and adiponectin-leptin ratio in the elderly and middle-aged patients with type 2 diabetes and combined hyperlipidemia

Objective To evaluate effects of Atorvastatin on the levels of adiponectin and leptin and adiponectin-leptin ratio in the elderly and middle-aged patients with type 2diabetes and combined hyperlipidemia.Methods Totally80 elderly and middle-aged patients with type 2 diabetes and combined hyperlipidemia were treated with Atorvastatin(10 mg/d)for 12 weeks.Fasting plasma levels