CONOCIMIENTO DE LA DIABETES MELLITUS TIPO 2 Y SU RELACIÓN CON LA ENFERMEDAD POR LOS USUARIOS DEL CENTRO DE SALUD 25 DE ENERO DE GUAYAQUIL, PERIODO DICIEMBRE 2022.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus type 2 is a disease considered in Ecuador as a severe public health problem, so this study determines the degree of knowledge and the relationship with the disease by the people that go to the clinic “25 de Enero” in Guayaquil in the period of December 2022. This study is observational, transversal and descriptive in which we seek to correlate the amount of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 and their level of knowledge about the disease. The results obtained indicates that 2 64 (16,6%) people of the population has the disease and only 54 receives treatment, and the ones with more knowledge about the disease where adults between 18 and 30 years. The conclusion of this study proves the need for programs of education, health promotion and prevention of diseases, that can be done by doing expositions in the health centers, in order to contribute to the control of diabetes mellitus type 2.