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Study NCT ID: NCT01104168
Status: COMPLETED
Last Update Posted: 2013-11-14
First Post: 2010-04-09
Is NOT Gene Therapy: True
Has Adverse Events: False

Brief Title: Diabetes in the Elderly: Retrospective Study
Sponsor: Emory University
Organization:

Study Overview

Official Title: Diabetes Care in Nursing Home Residents
Status: COMPLETED
Status Verified Date: 2013-11
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: None
Brief Summary: Diabetes is highly prevalent in the elderly, afflicting about 20% of older adults aged 65-75 years and 40% of adults \>80years of age. Management of hyperglycemia is challenging in the geriatric population in long-term facilities. Numerous factors place hospitalized patients at increased risk for hyperglycemia including aging, sedentary life, stress of medical and surgical comorbidities, and changes in antidiabetic regimen. In addition, elderly patients often experience changes in their nutritional intake and organ dysfunction which increase the risk of hypoglycemic events.

There are only a few retrospective studies in elderly patients analyzing quality of diabetes care and glycemic control adjusted for medications and presence of co-morbidities in long-term care facilities. In addition, no randomized controlled trials have demonstrated benefits of glycemic control on clinical outcome, quality of life, and rate of acute metabolic complications (hyperglycemia and hypoglycemic events) in long-term care facilities.
Detailed Description: The investigators will conduct a retrospective study to determine the prevalence of diabetes, comprehensively describe the management of diabetes, and to evaluate the impact of quality of care and glycemic control on clinical outcome in elderly subjects admitted to two large long-term care facilities: Grady Health System (GHS) and Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) in Atlanta, Georgia between 1/01/08 to 12/31/08.

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: False
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: None
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: