Prevalencia de Neuropatia Periferica en adultos con Diabetes Mellitus tipo 2

PREVALENCE OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY IN ADULTS WITH MELLITUS DIABETES TYPE 2 Introduction: Peripheral neuropathy is a complication of mellitus diabetes type 2 which is characterized by symmetric sensitive nerve damage at the level of distal regions. Objective: To describe the prevalence of peripheral neuropathy in adults with mellitus diabetes type 2 who were attended in Hospital Provincial General Docente of Riobamba, during the period January 2019 - June 2019. Material and Methods: Study of descriptive, prospective type and cross-sectional study, having as sample 168 adults with mellitus diabetes type 2 who were attended in the Hospital Provincial General Docente of Riobamba, where the variables such as: age, sex, time of base illness, metabolic values and neuropathy´s presence were analyzed. Results: The prevalence of the peripheral diabetic neuropathy was 53%, which represents 89 people in the study. The highest percentage of the population has between 61 to 70 years old, more often in females. It corroborated that there is a relation between the neuropathy and the patients who don’t have a good metabolic control and with the progression of the mellitus diabetes. Conclusions: The prevalence of the peripheral neuropathy of the adults who were attended in the Hospital Provincial General Docente of Riobamba was 53% and it was associated with the age and with the evolution time of the mellitus diabetes type 2.

• Egile nagusia: Pérez Rumipamba, Victor Manuel (author)
• Formatua: bachelorThesis
• Hizkuntza: spa
• Argitaratua: 2019
• Gaiak: NEUROPATÍA PERIFÉRICA; PREVALENCIA
• Sarrera elektronikoa: http://dspace.unach.edu.ec/handle/51000/5784