Relación del control glicémico con el nivel de conocimientos en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 pertenecientes al Centro de Salud Familiar de la región de la Araucanía, Chile
| Autor: | Fabiola Godoy, Camila Chávez-Sepúlveda, Fredy Cea-Leiva, Paulina Vásquez-Aguilar, Marcelo Rosas-Muñoz, Manuel Alarcón-Hormazabal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Conocimientos medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics medicine.medical_treatment lcsh:Medicine Disease Glucemia Diabetes mellitus medicine Glycemic lcsh:R5-920 business.industry Public health Insulin lcsh:R Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus General Medicine medicine.disease Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (MeSH) Educational attainment Knowledge Glycemic index Glycemic Index lcsh:Medicine (General) business Diabetes mellitus tipo 2 (DeCS) |
| Zdroj: | Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, Volume: 66, Issue: 4, Pages: 589-593, Published: DEC 2018 Revista de la Facultad de Medicina, Vol 66, Iss 4, Pp 589-593 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2357-3848 0120-0011 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) is a public health problem considering its magnitude and repercussions. Objective: To determine the correlation between glycemic control and the level of knowledge about their disease in patients with DM2. Materials and methods: The sample consisted of 65 adults with DM2, aged between 55 and 74 years. The Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center's Revised Diabetes Knowledge Test was applied to measure the level of knowledge about DM2. Glycemic control was determined based on the last glycosylated hemoglobin value. Information on educational attainment, years of diagnosis of the disease and use of insulin therapy was obtained from clinical records. Results: Patients with a sufficient level of knowledge of their disease had better glycemic control than those whose knowledge was insufficient (p |
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