Characterization of Type 2 Diabetics with Vascular Complications in Relation to Adherence to Treatment
<strong>Background:</strong> adherence to treatment is essential for the control of diabetes mellitus and to prevent its complications. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to characterize type 2 diabetic patients with micro- and macro-vascular complications in relation to...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidad de las Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos
2023-06-01
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| Series: | Revista Finlay |
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| Online Access: | https://revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/1227 |
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| Summary: | <strong>Background:</strong> adherence to treatment is essential for the control of diabetes mellitus and to prevent its complications. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to characterize type 2 diabetic patients with micro- and macro-vascular complications in relation to adherence to treatment in a family doctor's office. <strong><br />Methods:</strong> an descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in office 2, Puerto Padre Health Area, September 2022. The study population consisted of 177 type 2 diabetics, and the sample, 64 patients with vascular complications. To obtain the information, an interview questionnaire was designed, in which the questions of the Morisky-Green Test were included. Absolute frequencies and percentages were used for the analysis. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the female sex predominated in 60.9 % and those over 50 years of age (76.6 %), the level of education of pre-university (or medium technical) in 45.3 %, 54.7 % work and 21.9 % are housewives. In psychosocial risk factors, stress prevailed (82.2 %). 18 patients (28.1 %) had been diagnosed for more than 15 years and 51.6 % for more than 12 years with treatment. 79.7 % did not adhere to the treatment of diabetes mellitus. <strong><br />Conclusions:</strong> women over 50 years of age with psychosocial factors such as stress, anxiety and depression prevailed, mostly with more than 15 years of diagnosis and treatment. Non-adherent cases to treatment predominated. |
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| ISSN: | 2221-2434 |