Nivel de conocimiento y estilo de vida del adulto mayor con diabetes mellitus tipo 2

Andrea Yussara Acurio Sarzona; María Aurora Simbaña Quishpi

doi:10.56294/saludcyt202294

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Published: 2022-11-02

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56294/saludcyt202294

Level of knowledge and life style of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to determine the level of knowledge and lifestyle of a group of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. For this purpose, a quantitative, descriptive study was carried out using the IMEVID survey to characterize aspects of knowledge and lifestyle of a group of 100 older adults suffering from type 2 diabetes mellitus in the canton of Pujilí, province of Cotopaxi, who attend the local health center, to whom the survey was applied. The results showed that according to the IMEVID survey, half of the population of older adults who participated in the study have an unfavorable lifestyle, followed by 48% of participants with an unfavorable lifestyle, and to a lesser extent a favorable lifestyle. This behavior corresponds to inadequate nutrition, sedentary lifestyle, low motivation to learn about the disease and lack of compliance with treatment. It was found that the population of older adults had unfavorable or unfavorable lifestyles, recognizing that in the domains of nutrition, habits and customs there was a negative tendency, which consequently generated a negative coping with diabetes mellitus. This result may be associated with a lack of motivation to seek information about the disease and a lack of compliance with medical, behavioral and pharmacological indications.

Keywords:

Elder,

Diabetes Mellitus,

Lifestyle,

How to Cite

Acurio Sarzona AY, Simbaña Quishpi MA. Level of knowledge and life style of older adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Salud, Ciencia y Tecnología [Internet]. 2022 Nov. 2 [cited 2024 Apr. 20];2:94. Available from: https://revista.saludcyt.ar/ojs/index.php/sct/article/view/94

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