Influencia de la calidad de vida en la composición corporal en pacientes con Diabetes Mellitus de 45 a 60 años en el Hospital León Becerra de Milagro.

Abstract

The objective of the present graduation work was determining the influence of the life quality in the body composition in diabetes mellitus patients, forty five to sixty year old in the Hospital León Becerra of Milagro. The study presented a crossed sectioned designed with a study population of 70 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM) consisting of 45 to 60 year old females attending the nutrition consultation, in which the anthropometric data were taken (weight, height, IMC, percentage of fat and muscle, waist circumference) continuing with the questionnaire on the life quality through the instrument IWQOL-Lite. A correlation analysis was carried out, which resulted in 89% with an obesity degree, 83% of the population presents a body fat percentage high in fat, a 74% has a muscle percentage of 20 to 29%, the 100% presents an elevated cardiovascular risk according to the waist diameter, moreover there was a statistical significance between the IMC (0.007), the fat percentage (0.001) and the abdominal perimeter (0.008) with the IWQOL-Lite respectively, and there was a negative correlation between the muscle percentage (0.001) and the IWQOL-Lite. It is concluded that the minor life quality the higher percentage of fat and waist diameter, and the muscle percentage decreases. It is recommended to carry out continuous nutritional controls in the diabetics to verify the increase or reduction of the body compartments.