Factores asociados al pie diabético en pacientes de 45 a 65 años de edad que ingresaron al área de hidratación en un hospital general del sur de Guayaquil desde octubre hasta marzo del 2020.

Abstract

Diabetic foot is a clinical syndrome with a severe chronic complication of diabetes mellitus of multifactorial etiology. During hospital internship practices, we observed a high number of patients with diabetic foot, so we decided to carry out the following research formulating the objective: to determine the factors associated with diabetic foot in patients from 45 to 65 years of age who entered the hydration area. in a General Hospital in southern Guayaquil from October to March 2020. Method: quantitative, descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional, indirect observation, Population: 350 patients, Results according to sociodemographic characteristics, age from 51 to 53 years, men ( 53%), urban areas (64%), mixed ethnicity (82%), associated factors, comorbidities (84%), complications, such as Charcol's neuroarthropathy in (32%), 46% presented a moderate risk and 33% of these, as Conclusion: we have that the factors associated with patients with diabetic foot is comorbidities due to the multiple pathologies they present and this is what leads to complications such as Charcol's neuroarthropathy with moderate risk. Discussion: according to González's research, he states that patients to develop diabetic foot are mestizo men between the age of 45 to 55 years with associated factors. such as age and comorbidity, while in our study the patients most predisposed to developing diabetic foot were 51 to 55 years old with associated factors such as comorbidity with a slight risk.