Riesgo de pie diabético y factores asociados en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2. Club de diabéticos del Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga. Cuenca, 2017 - 2018.

Abstract

Background: The diabetic foot is important to detect it early, because it is estimated that up to 15% of diabetics have some degree of diabetic foot of which 43% will suffer amputation and consequent disability. Objectives: To determine the risk of diabetic foot and associated factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus at the diabetic club of the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital. Methods and materials: Observational, cross-sectional analytical study with 162 patients from the HJCA diabetic club. The data were obtained from the interviews and clinical histories, and analyzed with SPSS version 19.0. The mean and standard deviation for age were calculated, and frequencies and percentages for the qualitative variables categorized. To establish the association of risk factors, RP, 95% CI and Chi square were applied, with significance for p <0.05. Results: the prevalence of risk of diabetic foot was found in 42.6%, in addition it was demonstrated that the associated factors, diagnosis time, diabetic neuropathy, vascular alteration, foot at risk and glycosylated hemoglobin showed to have a highly significant association with the risk of diabetic foot (p <0.001). Conclusions: The prevalence of diabetic foot risk in patients studied at the diabetic club of the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital is high, higher than 40%, which is related to associated pathologies, such as diabetic neuropathy, high values of Hemoglobin Glycosylated and advanced age