Diabetes prevalence and treatment adherence in residents living in a colonia located on the West Texas, USA/Mexico border.
Little is known about how diabetes affects the health status of Hispanic people living in colonias located along the USA/Mexico border. The purpose of this report is to describe the demographic factors, prevalence of diabetes, and the health status of the residents living in a colonia on the border between El Paso, Texas, USA, and Juarez, Mexico, and to report the residents' adherence to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) protocols for the management of type 2 diabetes. This study included 188 participants. The instruments used included a demographic questionnaire, the Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics, "Cutting Down, Annoyance by Criticism, Guilty Feelings, and Eye-openers", BRFSS, and the Short Form-36 (v2). The prevalence of diabetes was 15.4% and 41.3% of the residents had a Body Mass Index score > 30. The rate of hypertension, elevated cholesterol, and depression for those reporting diabetes was significant. The SF-36 v2 physical score for the diabetic residents was 42.9 and it was 52.4 for the non-diabetic residents. The average resident of the colonia who reports diabetes has many health disadvantages when compared to those in other parts of Texas and the USA generally.
Anders
Robert L
RL
School of Nursing, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79902, USA. rlanders@utep.edu
Olson
Thomas
T
Wiebe
John
J
Bean
Nathaniel H
NH
DiGregorio
Rena
R
Guillermina
Mina
M
Ortiz
Melchor
M
D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology*; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D015995:Prevalence; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People