Diseño de estrategia educativa sobre el conocimiento de diabetes mellitus en pacientes diabéticos tipo 2 de 25 a 65 años del postgrado de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Centro de Salud Enrique Ponce Luque. Año 2018.

Abstract

Background: Diabetes mellitus is a public health problem national and global; Their lack of knowledge influences the publication of accuracy and the increase in morbidity and mortality. In Ecuador it occupies the second cause of general death. Materials and methods: A descriptive, observational, prospective cross-sectional study was carried out, consisting of 88 type 2 diabetic patients from the family and community medicine graduate program of the Enrique Ponce Luque Health Center, from March to June 2018. The information was collected through a survey, which includes three components: sociodemographic variables, knowledge and the elements for the educational strategy. The data was included in Excel spreadsheets and processed in the SPSS program version 20.0. Results: The predominant age group was 55 to 64 years old (45.44%), female (52.27%), high school level (35.22%), mixed race (95.45%). Unpaid housewife (39.77%). Regarding knowledge, it was observed that 57 patients (64.77%) were unaware of the general knowledge of diabetes mellitus. Regarding the educational strategy, it was observed that the majority of patients would like to obtain the information through talks (70.45%), every 15 days (55.68%), 60 minutes (69.31%), group of 9 to 15 people (44.31%), in the afternoons (71.59%). Conclusions: The majority of type 2 diabetic patients revealed general lack of knowledge about the disease. For this, it is necessary to carry out an educational strategy that allows to modify the knowledge about diabetes mellitus.