Diabetes mellitus educational intervention in patients at risk from a medical office. Nuevitas, 2020-2023
<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: diabetes mellitus has been considered by the World Health Organization a serious health problem to be solved throughout the world. Its prevention and educating about it is essential.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to describe an e...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
2024-05-01
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| Series: | Medisur |
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| Online Access: | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/45168 |
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| Summary: | <p><strong>Foundation</strong>: diabetes mellitus has been considered by the World Health Organization a serious health problem to be solved throughout the world. Its prevention and educating about it is essential.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to describe an educational intervention on type 2 diabetes mellitus results in patients with risk factors.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: intervention study, with a before and after design, which included 120 patients over 18 years of age with diabetes mellitus risk factors, belonging to Medical Office No. 6, in Nuevitas, Camagüey province. A survey was applied to measure the level of knowledge, before and after the educational intervention. The variables: age, educational level, knowledge about diabetes mellitus, risk factors and prevention were analyzed.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: women, university education level and those over 60 years of age predominated. At the beginning of the study, around 75% of the participants showed fair or low knowledge about diabetes mellitus, risk factors and prevention. All of these parameters increased above 85% after the intervention.<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: a notable increase in knowledge about diabetes mellitus, its risk factors and how to prevent it was achieved. These types of strategies, applicable from the primary level of care, imply a benefit in the prevention of this and other non-communicable diseases.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1727-897X |