[Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of a patient population with diabetes mellitus].
OBJECTIVE
To describe sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of a diabetic population. To relate sociodemographic and clinical evolutionaries variables.


METHODS
Descriptive transversal study.


METHODS
Three urban Primary Health Centers (PHC). Participants. Diabetic patients attended in these PHC.Measurements.


METHODS
sociodemographic and clinical through an individualized survey and a medical record review.


RESULTS
1495 patients were studied from whom 96% were diabetic type 2. Age: 66 years old (SD 12). Sex: 56% were women. Education level: 62 didn't have finished their primary studies. Family: 71% live together with a partner. Years of evolution: Diabetes (DM) < 10 years: 47% in type 1; 64% in type 2.


METHODS
DM 1: smokers 40%; hypertension (HTA) 7%; DM 2: smokers 12%; HTA 51%; obesity 26%; hypercholesterolemia 28%; hypertriglyceridemia 17%. Chronic complications: DM 1: retinopathy (DR) 26%; nephropathy (Nf) 3.5%; ischemic heart disease (IHD) 3.5%; periferic arteriopathy (PA) 7%; Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) 2%; peripheric neuropathy (PN) 5%. DM 2: DR 14%; Nf 13%; IHD 12%; PA 9%; CVA 5%; PN 4%; autonomic neuropathy 3%. Metabolic control DM 2: 67% HbA1c 7.5. Best metabolic control in DM with less years of evolution (p = 0.001). Treatment DM 2: 32% diet, 51% oral treatment, 13% insulin, 4% mixed. No relation with cultural level and family situation with metabolic control. In chronic complications only DR were more prevalent in patients with less cultural level (p = 0.037).


CONCLUSIONS
Less cultural level doesn't influence neither metabolic control nor appearance chronic complications, except DR. The knowledge of diabetic population attended has allowed to detect the need of reinforce the intervention for decrease smoking and increase chronic complications detection.
Sender Palacios
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Médico de Atención Primaria, CAP Terrassa Nord (Barcelona), Unidad Docente de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria del Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain.
Vernet Vernet
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Larrosa Sáez
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Tor Figueras
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Foz Sala
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology