Care Dependency and Diabetes Self-Care Activities in Elderly Individuals with Diabetes
نویسندگان
1 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Uskudar University İstanbul, İstanbul,Turkey
2 Diabetes and Obesity Treatment Center, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
3 Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Uskudar University İstanbul, İstanbul,Turkey
4 Diabetes and Obesity Treatment Center, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey
doi
10.18502/ehj.v6i2.5021چکیده
Introduction: Changing lifestyle, physical inactivity, and obesity lead to increased diabetes prevalence in the elderly. Diabetes management involves self-care activities, such as medical nutrition therapy, physical activity, use of pharmacologic agent, self-monitoring of blood glucose, foot care, and smoking cessation. Physiological, biological, mental changes that show up with aging and ...
