Estilo de vida en pacientes diabéticos que acuden a la consulta en la fundación DONUM, Cuenca, 2015

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) represents a public health problem which mainly is installed in urban areas. Lifestyle (alimentary behavior, physical activity, emotional aspects) play an important role in the development and control of this illness. TARGET: The target of this studio is to determine the lifestyle of 355 diabetic patients who consult on DONUM Foundation since may 18th to august 18th of the year 2015. METHODS: This descriptive studio was realized through an unknown universe of diabetic patients. The sample was not random, the size was calculated with a confidence interval of 95%, 70% prevalence of good lifestyle and 5% of inference error. Patients entered the study sequentially. Data were collected through interviews and analyzed using the SPSSv15.0 software. The lifestyle was assessed with IMEVID questionnaire. Each of the domains was assessed as the general IMEVID format.

RESULTS: In this study participated 355 patients. The age was between 22 and 96 years old. The media age was 64. 64,8% were female. 54,9% lived in urban areas. 62,8% studied less than 6 years. About diagnostic time, 27,9% were diagnosed of diabetes in the latest 5 years and 26,8% were diagnosed more than 15 years ago. About lifestyle: 1,4% had an unhealthy lifestyle, 57,2% healthy lifestyle and 41,4% very healthy lifestyle. CONCLUSION: In the group of patients that were studied in our investigation predominates healthy lifestyle and very healthy lifestyle. according to IMEVID scale