Adherencia al tratamiento en pacientes de 20 años y más con diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en dos consultorios de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria. Centro de Salud Sauces 3. Año 2021.

Abstract

Background: Therapeutic adherence is key to good control of Type 2 diabetes mellitus to avoid therapeutic failures, hospital admissions, and increased healthcare costs. Currently, there is a wide variety of indirect assessment tests of therapeutic compliance, among which the most widely used has been the Morisky-Green test, to measure the degree of adherence; in order to define whether or not it is adherent. Methods: Descriptive, observational, prospective, cross-sectional study; which included 81 patients aged 20 years and over with diabetes mellitus type 2 from two Family and Community Medicine clinics of the Sauces 3 Health Center in the year 2021. The information was obtained through a poll and the use of the Morisky-Green test. Results: 81 respondents with DM2, adhere 48.1%, do not adhere 51.9%, controlled 46.9%, uncontrolled 53.1%, 65-69 years (23.5%), female sex 63% , mestizo 91.3%, high school 37%, housewife 49.4%, adequate income 86.4%, married 46.9%. Conclusions: the age group of 65-69 years old predominates, the female sex, the mixed ethnic group, the high school education, the housewife occupation, the adequate economic income, the married marital status, the non-adherence and the uncontrolled.