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Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of glycaemic control and diabetes distress on frailty in older Chinese patients with diabetes, and to explore the mediating role of diabetes distress between glycaemic control and frailty.
Design: This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study. A total of 209 older patients with diabetes were recruited from a teaching hospital in Zhejiang Province. Data were collected from February to September 2022.
Methods: A self-designed questionnaire was used to collect demographic and disease-related data. The Fried Scale and Diabetes Distress Scale were employed to assess frailty and diabetes distress, respectively The bootstrap method was used to examine the mediating effects of diabetes distress on glycaemic control and frailty. The STROBE checklist was adhered to in the reporting of this study (see details in File S1).
Results: The findings indicated a positive correlation between the level of glycaemic control and frailty, as well as between diabetes distress and frailty. Furthermore, diabetes distress was found to play a complete mediating role between glycaemic control and frailty.
Conclusions: The study findings highlight the relationship between glycaemic control, diabetes distress and frailty offering a valuable reference for enhancing the management of frailty in older patients with diabetes.
Relevance to clinical practice: This study emphasizes the significance of managing glycaemic control and diabetes distress in older patients with diabetes to prevent frailty, and may contribute for healthcare professionals to developing effective measures to improve the frailty of older diabetic patients in clinical settings.
Patient or public contribution: This study was conducted with the participation of older patients with diabetes who contributed data by completing study questionnaires and undergoing physical assessments.
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The Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) is an international, peer reviewed, scientific journal that seeks to promote the development and exchange of knowledge that is directly relevant to all spheres of nursing practice. The primary aim is to promote a high standard of clinically related scholarship which advances and supports the practice and discipline of nursing. The Journal also aims to promote the international exchange of ideas and experience that draws from the different cultures in which practice takes place. Further, JCN seeks to enrich insight into clinical need and the implications for nursing intervention and models of service delivery. Emphasis is placed on promoting critical debate on the art and science of nursing practice.
JCN is essential reading for anyone involved in nursing practice, whether clinicians, researchers, educators, managers, policy makers, or students. The development of clinical practice and the changing patterns of inter-professional working are also central to JCN''s scope of interest. Contributions are welcomed from other health professionals on issues that have a direct impact on nursing practice.
We publish high quality papers from across the methodological spectrum that make an important and novel contribution to the field of clinical nursing (regardless of where care is provided), and which demonstrate clinical application and international relevance.
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