[Loneliness is associated with the risk of low nutrition in elderly diabetic patients].

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between loneliness and malnutrition in elderly diabetic patients.

Methods: The subjects were diabetic patients ≥65 years old who were outpatients at Ise Red Cross Hospital. The nutritional status was assessed using the Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF), and patients were defined as being undernourished if their total score was <11 points.

[A low phase angle is a factor independently associated with falls in elderly diabetic patients].

Objective: To examine the relationship between a low phase angle (PA) and falls in elderly diabetic patients.

Methods: The subjects were diabetic patients ≥65 years old who were outpatients at Ise Red Cross Hospital. Patients were asked about their fall history using a self-administered questionnaire.

["Koshi-heso" (waist-umbilicus) test: A novel screening method for visceral fatty obesity].

Objective: To evaluate the screening performance and validity of the "Koshi-heso" (waist-umbilicus) test for visceral fatty obesity in elderly diabetic patients.

Methods: Subjects were diabetic patients ≥65 years old visiting our outpatient clinic. As a "Koshi-heso" test, the distance between the umbilicus and the superior border of the iliac crest (waist) was measured with the patient's own finger.

[A study of the frequency of cachexia and its associated factors in elderly patients with diabetes mellitus].

Objective: To investigate the frequency of cachexia and its associated factors in elderly diabetic patients.

Methods: The subjects were diabetic patients ≥65 years old attending the outpatient diabetes clinic of Ise Red Cross Hospital. Cachexia was evaluated as having three or more of the following: (1) muscle weakness, (2) fatigue, (3) anorexia, (4) decreased lean body mass, and (5) biochemical abnormalities.

Incidence of sarcopenic obesity in older patients with diabetes and association between sarcopenic obesity and higher-level functional capacity: evaluation based on a consensus statement.

We used a consensus statement to diagnose sarcopenic obesity, evaluated incidence of sarcopenic obesity in older patients with diabetes, and examined whether sarcopenic obesity was associated with their higher-level functional capacity. Outpatients with diabetes (age, ≥65 years) undergoing treatment at Ise Red Cross Hospital were included. The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence (TMIG-IC)-a self-administered questionnaire-was used to assess their higher-level functional capacity.

[Loneliness is associated with a reduced higher-level-function capacity in older diabetic patients].

Objective: The present study examined the relationship between loneliness and higher-level functions in elderly diabetic patients.

Methods: The subjects were diabetic patients ≥65 years old who were outpatients at Ise Red Cross Hospital. The Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence (TMIG-IC), a self-administered questionnaire, was used to assess higher-level functions.

[Association between the history of falls and being homebound in elderly diabetic patients].

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between a history of falls and being homebound in elderly diabetic patients.

Methods: The subjects were diabetic patients ≥65 years old visiting the outpatient clinic of Ise Red Cross Hospital. Patients were defined as being confined if they went out less than once a day, and their history of falls in the past year was investigated.

[Multimodal treatment program for elderly diabetic patients with sarcopenia improves the muscle strength and physical function].

Objective: To evaluate the effects of a multimodal treatment program on the muscle strength, physical function, and skeletal muscle mass in elderly diabetic patients with sarcopenia.

Methods: Diabetic patients over 65 years old attending the Department of Diabetes and Metabolism, Ise Red Cross Hospital, were included. The diagnosis of sarcopenia was based on the Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019.

Are diabetes-related factors associated with the social roles of elderly patients with diabetes?

Aims: To identify factors associated with social roles, including glycemic parameters, diabetic complications, and diabetes treatment, in elderly patients with diabetes.

Methods: We included diabetic patients aged ≥65 years undergoing outpatient treatment at Ise Red Cross Hospital. Functional capacity was assessed using the social role subscale, included in the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence (TMIG-IC).

Factors associated with social isolation and being homebound among older patients with diabetes: a cross-sectional study.

Objective: We aimed at investigating factors associated with social isolation and being homebound in older patients with diabetes.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Settings: Those undergoing outpatient treatments at Ise Red Cross Hospital, Mie Prefecture.

Preparation of the Japanese Version of the Diabetes Caregiver Activity and Support Scale and Verification of Its Reliability and Validity.

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to adapt and psychometrically evaluate a Japanese language version of the Diabetes Caregiver Activity and Support Scale (D-CASS-J) to be culturally relevant for people with diabetes living in Japan.

Methods: A Japanese translation of the original version of the D-CASS was prepared, corrected, and back-translated. Family caregivers of patients with diabetes mellitus ages ≥65 years who visited the outpatient diabetes clinic of Ise Red Cross Hospital were included.

Frequency of Social Isolation and Homeboundness and Their Relationships with High-Level Functional Capacity in Elderly Diabetic Patients.

Purpose: To determine the frequency of social isolation (hereinafter, isolation) and homeboundness in elderly diabetic patients and to investigate their relationships with high-level functional capacity.

Patients And Methods: Subjects were diabetic outpatients aged 65 years and older who were visiting the Japanese Red Cross Ise Hospital. Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence (TMIG-IC) was used to evaluate high-level functional capacity.

Preparation, Reliability, and Validity of a Japanese Version of the "Satisfaction of Treatment among Caregivers of Dependent Type 2 Diabetic Patients" Questionnaire.

The aim of this study was to prepare a Japanese version of the "Satisfaction of Treatment among Caregivers of Dependent Type 2 Diabetic Patients" (STCD-J) questionnaire, which is used to assess the satisfaction of family caregivers with respect to the treatment for elderly patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who require support. In addition, the reliability and validity of the STCD-J questionnaire were analyzed. A Japanese version of the original STCD questionnaire was prepared, revised, and back-translated; the back-translated version was sent to the authors of the original version for confirmation.

Effects of Antidiabetic Drugs on Muscle Mass in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

Background: When considering the administration of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, or metformin, it is important to understand their weight loss effect as well as the degree of muscle loss caused by each drug in clinical practice.

Objective: To comparatively examine the effects of GLP-1RAs and oral antidiabetic drugs, including SGLT2 inhibitors and metformin, on muscle mass and body weight in patients with type 2 diabetes via a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Methods: We included randomized controlled trials evaluating the effects of antidiabetic drugs on muscle mass and body weight.

Verification of the predictive validity for mortality of the SARC-F questionnaire based on a meta-analysis.

Background: Although the association between SARC-F questionnaire positivity and mortality has previously been studied, the results are inconsistent. Testing the predictive validity of the SARC-F questionnaire for clinically relevant outcomes of vital prognoses is important.

Aim: The objective of this study was to test the predictive validity of SARC-F by conducting a meta-analysis on the association between SARC-F, a screening tool for sarcopenia, and mortality.

Effects of Flash Glucose Monitoring on Dietary Variety, Physical Activity, and Self-Care Behaviors in Patients with Diabetes.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of flash glucose monitoring on dietary variety, physical activity, and self-care behavior in patients with diabetes. This study included outpatients with diabetes using insulin who presented at the Department of Diabetes and Metabolism of the Ise Red Cross Hospital. Before initiating flash glucose monitoring and 12 weeks after its initiation, blood glucose-related parameters were assessed and self-administered questionnaires were completed (Dietary Variety Score (DVS), the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Measure (SDSCA), and the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ)) and compared between the two time points.

Effects of oral antidiabetic drugs and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on left ventricular diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

The present study aimed to compare the effects of oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) on left ventricular diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Literature searches were conducted on Medline, the Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry, and ClinicalTrials.gov .

Association between Sarcopenia and Renal Function in Patients with Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Previous studies involving patients with diabetes have indicated that sarcopenia is related to renal function. The objective of the present study was to investigate the association between sarcopenia and urinary albumin level, urinary protein level, and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in patients with diabetes. A meta-analysis of observational studies was conducted.

Correction to: Development of a Japanese version of the SARC-F for diabetic patients: an examination of reliability and validity.

The article Development of a Japanese version of the SARC-F for diabetic patients: an examination of reliability and validity, written by Satoshi Ida, Kazuya Murata, Daiki Nakadachi, Yuki Ishihara, Kanako Imataka, Akihiro Uchida, Kou Monguchi, Ryutaro Kaneko, Ryoko Fujiwara and Hiroka Takahashi was originally published electronically on the publisher's internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on 10 November 2016 without open access.

[Relationship of sarcopenic obesity with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in elderly patients with diabetes].

Aim: This study aimed to examine the relationship of obesity, sarcopenia, and sarcopenic obesity (SO) with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) in elderly patients with diabetes.

Methods: Subjects included in this study were patients with diabetes ≥65 years of age and who were receiving treatment on an outpatient basis at the Ise Red Cross Hospital. To determine the presence of LVDD, we divided the early diastolic left ventricular filling velocity (E) by the early mitral annular motion velocity (E') (E/E'), which was measured using tissue Doppler imaging.

Relationship between frailty and mortality, hospitalization, and cardiovascular diseases in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: In patients with diabetes, death and cardiovascular diseases are attributed to classical risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and smoking habit, whereas these events are attributed to frailty in the remaining patients. In this meta-analysis, we examined the relationship between frailty and mortality, hospitalization, and cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes.

Methods: Literature search was conducted using databases such as MEDLINE, Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry, and ClinicalTrials.

Efficacy and safety of pemafibrate administration in patients with dyslipidemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: Using a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs), this study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of pemafibrate, a novel selective peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α modulator, in patients with dyslipidemia.

Methods: A search was performed using the MEDLINE, Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry, and ClinicalTrials.gov databases.

Utility of Real-Time and Retrospective Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effects of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) on blood glucose levels, body weight, blood pressure, and hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus using a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). A literature search was performed using MEDLINE, Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry, and ClinicalTrials.gov.

Association between sarcopenia and sleep disorder in older patients with diabetes.

Aim: In the present study, we aimed to examine the association between sarcopenia and sleep disorder in older patients with diabetes using the Japanese version of SARC-F (SARC-F-J).

Methods: Outpatients with diabetes (aged ≥65 years) at the Ise Red Cross Hospital were included in the present study. We used the Japanese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, which is a self-administered questionnaire, to measure sleep disorder.

Effects of oral antidiabetic drugs on left ventricular mass in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a network meta-analysis.

Background: We used a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to comparatively examine the effects of oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) on left ventricular mass (LVM) in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods: Document searches were implemented using Medline, Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry, and ClinicalTrials.gov.