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Abstract
Nutrition is an important element of health in the older population and
affects the aging process. Elderly diabetic patients are a population at risk for
malnutrition, especially in nursing homes and hospitalized patients. They
suffer more frequently macro vascular complications of diabetes like
cerebrovascular disease and coronary heart disease, as well as other geriatric
syndromes like dementia, depression, frailty, and falls. These situations can
lead to malnutrition and the need for nutritional support. This study aimed to
investigate the effect of the nutritional education program for elderly diabetic
women in different socioeconomically levels. A sample was consisting of
100 elderly diabetic women from two different places of socioeconomically
levels (elderly homes). Anthropometric measurements, Clinical parameters
and dietary intake were examined. A nutritional education program was
implemented and implemented on diabetic elderly women in nursing homes.
The results of the study indicated that many of them suffer from malnutrition
and lack of nutrients intake because of their low nutritional awareness which
was 70.8% before the nutritional education program, and after the nutritional
education program it became 92.3%. Also, blood sugar percent in type 2
diabetic elderly women can be improved with nutrition education program.
Therefore, the study recommends the necessity of the concerted efforts of the
concerned authorities in providing specialized centers for nutritional advice
in health centers and units throughout the Republic