Frecuencia de diabetes mellitus tipo 1 en pacientes atendidos en el Hospital Dr. Francisco Icaza Bustamante Guayaquil.

Abstract

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is one of the main health problems affecting the pediatric population worldwide and the most common chronic endocrine disease in childhood. A purely medical treatment of the disease is not enough, it is also necessary to improve the well-being and health-related quality of life of the child, to increase their adaptability, development and transition to a healthy lifestyle. In the present work, the objective was: to determine the frequency of type 1 diabetes in patients treated at the Dr. Francisco Icaza Bustamante Hospital. Type of study: descriptive, quantitative, retrospective and cross-sectional. The study population was obtained from a database of 150 patients, based on a review of medical records, according to their diagnosis, obtaining a sample of 100 patients, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria proposed, for which informed consent was taken into account. Instrument: through indirect observation matrix-review of medical records conclusion: predominance was found in male patients between 6 and 13 years old, of mestizo ethnicity, mostly with polyphagia, not all of them presented comorbidity, while the treatment applied to these patients was mostly the administration of insulin, this being the main treatment to facilitate the regulation of blood glucose levels.