Factores Asociados a la diabetes gestacional en pacientes de 25 a 40 años en un Hospital de Especialidad de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Gestational diabetes is a pathology in which an alteration occurs in the metabolism of carbohydrates and is detected during pregnancy, since it is impossible to achieve the adaptation to insulin resistance that occurs in pregnant women. Justification: As we know the prolonged state of hyperglycemia in pregnant women is a great risk for both the mother and the fetus, this is why the importance of early detection and prevention of various complications, as well as identifying pregnancy as "High risk" "Objective: To establish the associated factors of gestational diabetes in patients from 25 to 40 years of age in a Specialty Hospital of the City of Guayaquil. Materials and Methods: descriptive, quantitative, cross-sectional study with a population of 70 pregnant women. Technique: Direct observation. Instrument: Questionnaire of questions addressed to patients between 25 and 40 years of age with gestational diabetes. Result: We reached the conclusion that obesity is a factor of higher risk which we find with 43%, followed by harmful habits such as caffeine with 46%. Discussion: By relating the factors associated with other studies with the research study performed, we identified obesity, the age of the pregnant woman and the pathological background as the main causes of gestational diabetes. Conclusion: The highest percentage of pregnant women who represent diabetes is between 30 to 34 years of age with 43%, and the main risk factor associated with the DG is obesity with 43%, and the high blood glucose level is hyperglycemia with a range of 130-149 mg / dl in 21%.