Programa educativo sobre diabetes mellitus tipo II, para promover estilos de vida saludables en pacientes diabéticos del Centro de Salud del Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado de Riobamba diciembre 2021 - febrero 2022.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to evaluate an educational program on Type II diabetes mellitus to promote healthy lifestyles in diabetic patients of the Health Center of the Decentralized Autonomous Government of Riobamba, Ecuador. The methodology used was mixed, that is, a mixture of approaches, qualitative due to the descriptive analysis carried out and quantitative due to the data collection with numerical measurement. A questionnaire was used to obtain information from sixty patients with Type II diabetes mellitus. The results found that the educational program improved the knowledge, attitudes, and practices in of not in Type II diabetic mellituspatients of the Health Center of the Decentralized Autonomous Government of Riobamba. With the results obtained, the techniques of David Leyva and Morganov Heredia were applied, for the elaboration of the Educational Intervention Program in Type II Diabetes Mellitus, which contains topics related to knowledge of the disease, healthy eating, quality of life, physical activity. and consumption of alcoholic beverages and cigarettes, all to improve the lifestyle of patients.