The influencing factors of falls efficacy among older patients with type 2 diabetes

VernacularTitle:老年糖尿病患者跌倒效能调查及影响因素分析
Author: Jia LIU ; Lian SI ; Peng DUAN ; Lina WANG ; Wan HU ; Xiaoqin ZHOU ; Zhenying WAN ; Binghua WAN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: diabetes,type 2; accidental falls; influencing factors
From: Chongqing Medicine 2014;(32):4338-4339,4342
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the level and influencing factors of falls efficacy among older patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) .Methods A total of 218 older patients with T2DM were investigated by the modified falls efficacy scale(MFES) and Morse Fall Scale (MFS) ,questionnaire and observation were both used .Results The average score of falls efficacy was 8 .15 ± 2 .91 .The scores were lowest in the items of walking up and down stairs and going to bed and getting out of bed ,and highest were in the items of dressing and sitting down and standing up from a chair .The multivariate linear regression analysis showed that dura‐tion of diabetes ,diabetic complications and fall history were the main factors influencing their falls efficacy .Conclusion Falls in eld‐erly T2DM patients were in the medium level ,and it′s closely related with duration of diabetes ,its complications and fall history .