Risky feet in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 in the Primary Health Care during 2016

Abstract

An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study to determine the stratification of the risky feet and the concurrent factors in 534 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2, belonging to the health areas of "Dr. Carlos J. Finlay" and "Julián Grimau" Teaching polyclinics in Santiago de Cuba municipality was carried out during the second trimester of 2016 and they were classified in their corresponding doctors´ offices. Among the main results there were the increased frequency in the 1, 2 and 3 degrees of the stratification of the risky foot and the low frequency in the category without risk, while among the concurrent factors the plantar hyperkeratosis, the hallux valgus, more than 40 years of age, peripheral neuropathy, the peripheral arterial disease, inadequate shoes and obesity prevailed.

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus de tipo 2, pie de riesgo, pie diabético, estratificación del pie de riesgo, atención primaria de salud.