Prevalencia de estreñimiento crónico en pacientes con diabetes mellitus tipo 2, de 40 a 65 años en el “Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil IESS Los Ceibos” en el periodo enero 2018 hasta enero 2020.

Abstract

Introduction: There are an estimated 463 million people in the world with type 2 diabetes mellitus, between the ages of 20 and 79, making it one of the main public health problems. The lack of glycemic control is associated with a greater probability of developing intestinal neuropathic damage, that is, an autonomic nervous condition, responsible for the chronic constipation. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of chronic constipation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus aged 40 to 65 years at the Hospital General del Norte de Guayaquil IESS Los Ceibos in the period from January 2018 to January 2020. Materials and methods: Retrospective cross-sectional and observational study of 285 patients who met our inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: Through a review of medical records, obtaining a prevalence of 38.95% of chronic constipated diabetics, where the most frequent sex was female with 64.91% of cases, the most prevalent age was diabetics over 50 years of age, with an evolution of the disease of less than 5 years. The most common symptom was evacuation effort (13.68%), with a frequency of light stools in 27.37% of cases. Conclusions: Diabetic patients had a prevalence of 38.95% of cases of constipation where, at the same time, most cases are related to poor control of their disease.