Abstract

DE LA CRUZ-MALDONADO, María G. et al. Causes to detachment to treatment, diet and monitoring of patients with diabetes and possible factors associated with disease. Rev. salud pública [online]. 2013, vol.15, n.3, pp.479-486. ISSN 0124-0064.

Objectives Analyze the causes of detachment to diet and treatment of patients with diabetes and factors associated with disease such as family history of diabetes and hypertension, in patients from one municipality of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and surrounding areas. Methods Descriptive study of variables such as age, sex, schooling level, occupation, family history of diabetes and hypertension, causes of detachment to diet and treatment; analytic for groups in terms of the risk of diabetes according to socio demographic and family history. Results Of the 156 patients included main causes of detachment or abandonment of the indicated treatment and/or were the oblivion and insistence on restricted food intake. Patients with a family history of hypertension in both parents had 5.8 times the risk of Diabetes Mellitus, compared to those without this history (p<0.01). Those patients with a maternal history of diabetes had 4.76 times the risk of suffering it too, compared to those with only paternal history (p<0.001). For patients with a history of obesity, they had 2.4 times higher risk of developing diabetes than those who had not (p<0.05). Conclusions Main causes, reported by patients, for detachment to treatment and diet were the oblivion and the insistence on restricted food intake, and the degree of association of Diabetes Mellitus with family history of this disease and hypertension is 2.4 to 5.8 times, with p<0.05.

Keywords : Diabetes mellitus; causes; diet; medical record.

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