Lifestyle in adults with type II diabetes mellitus who attend the Pumapungo health center. Cuenca-Ecuador

Abstract

Background: Type II diabetes mellitus is one of the preventable diseases with a high incidence today. In addition, it is one of the most frequent problems in the country, in which having a healthy lifestyle such as a good diet, physical activity and exercise, knowledge of the disease, a positive emotional state and adherence to treatment is essential to maintain this healthy lifestyle. To control the disease and not show complications that put health at risk; as well as the well-being of the individual. Objective: The objective that was raised in the thesis was to determine the lifestyle in adults with type II diabetes mellitus who attend the Pumapungo Health Center in the city of Cuenca, period 2022 - 2023. Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study was carried out. The sample consisted of 241 adults between 25 and 64 years of age with type II diabetes mellitus from the Pumapungo Health Center. For the collection of sociodemographic data, a document was used and to determine lifestyles, the IMEVID test was applied. For the analysis and tabulation of the results, the following programs were used: Excel 2019 and the statistical software IBM SPSS Statistics version 25.0; using descriptive statistics with tables and multivariable association statistics based on chi-square and p-value. Results: When analyzing the results found, it was shown that adults who attend the Pumapungo Health Center in the city of Cuenca that have an inadequate lifestyle in 67.6% because they do not practice healthy habits. In conclusion, type II diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease in which, if healthy lifestyles are not maintained, systemic complications can developed.