Conocimientos usuales de los pacientes diabéticos en los estudiantes de medicina del occidente de México Usual knowledge of medical students form Western Mexico on diabetic patients

Abstract

Objetivo: Identificar el conocimiento que presentan los estudiantes de Medicina acerca de los conceptos usuales de los pacientes diabéticos sobre su enfermedad. Material y métodos: Estudio descriptivo en 275 estudiantes de Medicina del Centro Universitario del Sur de la Universidad de Guadalajara. Se seleccionó la muestra en forma aleatoria a los alumnos inscritos en el calendario 2006 A, para aplicarles el instrumento Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire (24). Se utilizó el programa de estadística EPI INFO 2000, se tomó una significancia estadística Objective: To identify the knowledge that presents Medicine students about the usual concepts of the diabetic patients on their disease. Material and Methods: Cross sectional study in 275 Medicine alumni of the University Center of the South of the University of Guadalajara. Sample was selected in randomized form in the students enrolled in calendar 2006 A, in order to apply them instrument Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire (24). The statistic program was used EPI INFO 2000, a statistical significance was taken <0.05. Results: Students age: 20.03±1.9 years. The total average of guessed right answers was: 17.56± 3.24, students of 7º and 8º. cycle presented 19.53 ±2.15 and 19.75±1.92 right answers. As far as Basic knowledge of the disease 75,82% answered the reagents suitably, in glycemic control 70.7% and prevention measures and complications 71.9%. Conclusions: knowledge in Medicine students as far as the concepts that must have the diabetic patients on their disease increases in significant form as soon as it increases the semesters of study, the first scholastic cycles have the tendency to be similar to the population in regional diabetic patients.

Keywords

• Conocimiento en diabetes
• estudiantes medicina
• Diabetic Knowledge
• Medicine Students