Diseño de una estrategia educativa para reforzar conocimientos sobre diabetes mellitus en adultos mayores diabéticos. Centro de Salud 4. Año 2021.

Abstract

Background: Diabetes is the second leading cause of death in our country since 2018, as well as being a frequent cause of disability, premature death and excessive spending on prevention and control. Methods: An observational, prospective, cross-sectional, descriptive, cross-sectional research was conducted in type 2 diabetic patients, older adults both sexes, who were treated at the health center 4, during the year 2021. Variables: knowledge prior to the intervention, age, level of study, occupation, marital status, level of sedentary lifestyle. Information was obtained by selfadministered questionnaire Results: The level of knowledge of older adults with diabetes was known 59.23% and unknown 40.77% with female predominance with 45 members represents 67.16%, mestizo (100%) secondary unfinished 36.92%. the occupation housewife 36.92%, the components of the educational strategy were formed by talks. Conclusions: The prevalence found in the research of diabetic older adults are men between 65 and 69 years old, mestizos of the total population under study, with unfinished secondary schooling, however, in women there is a predominance of basic knowledge of their disease, most of them housewives, and of the risk factors that cause it, the strategy would be made up of talks once a month in the morning at the health center.