Programa Educativo para promover la adherencia farmacológica en pacientes con terapia antidiabética oral, atendidos en el Centro de Salud tipo B Guano Chimborazo noviembre 2021 – febrero 2022.

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus is one of the major public health problems in the world and certainly in the country due to its high morbidity and mortality, being a risk factor that can cause health complications such as blindness, kidney failure, myocardial infarction, stroke, and amputation of the lower limbs. Its objective is to implement an educational program to improve knowledge, attitudes, and practices on pharmacological adherence in patients with oral antidiabetic therapy treated at the Guano - Chimborazo type B Health Centre. The methodology used was mixed, i.e., a mixture of qualitative and quantitative approaches, qualitative for the descriptive analysis and quantitative for the data collection with numerical measurement. Results: Initially there was a low level of knowledge regarding definition (24%), signs and symptoms (31%), complications (29%), eating a healthy menu (37%), frequency of physical activity (35%), withdrawal of medication (32%), social relationships (59%), family as an aid to control measures (26%), lack of knowledge of the impact of alcoholic beverages on health (51%), After the implementation of the educational program, knowledge increased in the following areas: Definition, symptoms, and complications of Type II diabetes mellitus (93%), Healthy eating (94%), Quality of life (92%), Physical activity (96%), Consumption of alcoholic beverages and cigarettes (99%). Conclusions: Following the application of David Leyva and Morganov Heredia's techniques, an Educational Intervention Program for Type II Diabetes Mellitus was developed, which contains topics such as general aspects of the pathology, healthy eating, quality of life, physical activity, alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking.