Prevention the diabetic complication among the elderly
Yang, Donting; Yuan, Chen (2017)
Centria-ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 Finland
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017121421471
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017121421471
Tiivistelmä
In Finland, the morbidity of diabetic mellitus is high. According to the record data, the Finnish people has the highest risk to have diabetic mellitus. When the patient has long disease history of diabetics, they will have high risk to occur in the diabetic complication, especially the elderly patient with diabetics.
The purpose of this thesis is to study the current situation regarding diabetic complications among elderly. The thesis studies two different complications: diabetic foot and diabetic nephropathy. It would also answer basic questions regarding to elderly diabetic complications. The aim of this thesis is to create awareness among nurses who takes care of elderly diabetic patient. Additionally, it would be used as a guide to patient and their family numbers.
The study showed that diabetes mellitus complications are famous but many people have wrong information about this disease. In a word, these serious complications could be prevented by patient themselves both with and without the help from nurses.
The purpose of this thesis is to study the current situation regarding diabetic complications among elderly. The thesis studies two different complications: diabetic foot and diabetic nephropathy. It would also answer basic questions regarding to elderly diabetic complications. The aim of this thesis is to create awareness among nurses who takes care of elderly diabetic patient. Additionally, it would be used as a guide to patient and their family numbers.
The study showed that diabetes mellitus complications are famous but many people have wrong information about this disease. In a word, these serious complications could be prevented by patient themselves both with and without the help from nurses.