Abstract

CARDONA GARBEY, Dania Lilia et al. Clinical and epidemiological features of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in a health area. MEDISAN [online]. 2018, vol.22, n.7, pp. 522-539. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the 2016 with 350 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2, belonging to "Julián Grimau García" Teaching Polyclinic of Santiago de Cuba municipality who were selected through systematic in phase double-staged probabilistic sampling aimed at characterizing them according to clinical and epidemiological variables. Female sex and the age group 60-69 prevailed in the case material, as well as the hypertension and obesity among the comorbilities; diabetic neuropathy and the peripheric vascular disease were the most common complications referred more frequently, and diabetic patients with 10 years or less of clinical course prevailed. The smoking habit and alcohol consumption were more frequent in the men, while the consumption of sugared drinks and sedentarism had similar patterns in both sexes. Hypoglucemics of oral consumption constituted the predominant pharmacological treatment, while the knowledge on the disease was appropriate, but the behaviour was not adequate as for the therapeutic fulfillment, and there was a poor practice of healthy styles, as well as scarce perception and practice of self-care and self-responsability.

Keywords : diabetes mellitus type 2; non-communicable chronic disease; diabetes complications; fulfillment and adherence to treatment; primary health care.

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