| dc.description.abstract | Background: Diabetic foot have devastating complications, including amputations, poor quality of life, and life-threatening infections. They are costly and consume health care resources. These consequences have serious clinical and public health implications.
Objective: To determine the frequency of diabetic foot disease and its relationship with associated factors in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated in the health facilities that make up District 01D04.
Material and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional analytical study was carried out with 147 medical records that met the inclusion criteria, the data obtained were entered and analyzed in the SPSS 20 program.
Results: prevalence was 4. 8%, 71.4% were men, the most affected population was >60 years old with 85.7%, 85.7% had a disease evolution of more than 10 years, 71.4% had comorbidities, 28.6% had hypertension, dyslipidemia, nephropathy, respectively (2 patients for each comorbidity), none had neuropathy or a history of amputation, 57.1% had a BMI below 29.9, 100%, 85.7% had an HbA1C of >60 years old with an HbA1C of >60 years old, 85.7% had an HbA1C of >60 years old with an HbA1C of >60 years old with an HbA1C of >60 years old, 7% had HbA1C above 7%, 71.4% had cholesterol and triglycerides in normal values, and 71.5% used insulin, there was a statistically significant association in time of disease evolution >10years, presence of comorbidities, having HT, nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy, history of amputation, BMI >30, glucose >126mg/dl, HbA1C >7%, cholesterol >200mg/dl, with P-value <0.005.
Conclusions: It is more frequent the development of diabetic foot in patients older than 60 years, men, with low schooling, who resided in urban area, who used insulin. | |
