Pharmaco-therapeutics in diabetic patients from a Family Doctor’s Office

Abstract

Background: diabetes mellitus is a health problem all over the world; as much as for being one of the most frequent non-transmissible diseases as for the severity and diversity of its chronic complications, it becomes one of the biggest challenges in public health of the XXI century.Objectives: to carry out an intervention related to the treatment of those patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus in the population from the doctor’s office 26 of Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima polyclinic in Las Tunas municipality, from January, 1 to December 31, 2015.Method: a prospective, longitudinal research of intervention was carried out related to the therapeutic management of the patients diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, starting from a correct clinical classification of the illness, in the population from the doctor´s office 26, at Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima polyclinic of Las Tunas, during the mentioned time period.Results: after the intervention, all the patients from the sample were classified with diabetes mellitus type 2. Females and the age group between 61 and 70 years old prevailed, with correct follow-up by the specialties of General and Internal Medicine. The metabolic control improved; stress as the triggering factor of the metabolic uncontrollability prevailed. The entire sample fulfilled the treatment. In relation to the pharmacological groups mostly used, the hypoglycemic oral compounds prevailed. Conclusions: the entire study population was classified with diabetes mellitus type 2, with appropriate follow-up. The pharmacological groups mostly used were the hypoglycemic oral compounds.

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• primary health care