Revista de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río (Jul 2018)
Disability secondary to complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus, Pinar del Río. 2010-2016
Abstract
Introduction: diabetes mellitus is a disease where chronic complications lead to the first causes of disability. Objective: to determine the prevalence of secondary disability due to complications of diabetes mellitus in patients who attended the expert committee of Pinar del Río municipality during the years 2010 to 2016. Method: observational, descriptive, cross-sectional research in a target group of 61 diabetic patients assessed by the commission of medical experts where the complications of diabetes were included among the clinical diagnoses. Descriptive statistics was used by means of MapInfo software, the disability was distributed geographically according to the place of work. Results: the age of highest incidence corresponded to the group of 50 to 54 years for both sexes, the highest percentage comes from urban areas, job-category of workers, from the total number of patients assessed by the expert commission 54 obtained disablement opinion for a prevalence of 88.5%; 52 show temporary disability. In 2016 there was an increase in patients with disabilities representing 27.86%. The complication showing the highest prevalence of disability was: diabetic foot. The progression time from the onset of complications resulting in disability corresponded to the highest percent of more than five years with 51.8%. Conclusions: type 2 diabetic patients attending the experts’ offices in Pinar del Río municipality due to chronic complications of diabetes, had a high prevalence of disability, which constitutes a health problem that must be addressed.
