title: [Impact of an educational institutional program in the control of the diabetic patient].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to assess the impact of an educational institutional program in the control of type 2 diabetic patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  intervention educational study, with quasi-experimental and self-controlled subjects. A convenience non-probabilistic sample was used including 151 patients from the program for the integral care of diabetic patients. Demographic variables: gender, age, type of insurance, somatometric and metabolic profile. The assistance to a one-year length, educational program was necessary. Descriptive and inferential parametric statistics were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  106 women and 45 men, with age range between 15 and 87 years, and with an average of 57.22 ± 11.47, were studied. A significant decrease in body mass index, waist circumference, venous glucose fasting and post-prandial values, cholesterol, systolic blood pressure, triglycerides and glycosylated hemoglobin (t Student semi-detached, p < 0.05) was observed. There were no changes in diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.334).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  one year afterwards, the strategy based on education for the control of the diabetic patient shown a favorable pattern in most of somatometric and metabolic parameters. We suggest to extend this study over a longer period to determine if the effects persist over time.
authors.affiliation: Coordinación de Planeación y Enlace Institucion, Unidad de Medicina Familiar 45, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, México. miguel.mendozaro@imss.gob.mx.
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mendoza-Romo
authors.forename: José Fernando
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Velasco-Chávez
authors.forename: Rafael Natividad
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Nieva de Jesús
authors.forename: Héctor de Jesús
authors.initials: Hde J
authors.lastname: Andrade-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Carlos Vicente
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Pérez
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Palou-Fraga
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012648:Self Care; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Mexico; diabetes mellitus; education; health impact assessment; patients