Programa educativo para promover la adherencia farmacológica en pacientes con terapia antidiabética oral atendidos en el centro de salud tipo b Guano Chimborazo noviembre 2021 – febrero 2022.

Abstract

The objective was to implement an educational program to improve knowledge, attitudes and practices about pharmacological adherence in patients with oral antidiabetic therapy treated at the Guano - Chimborazo Type B Health Center. The methodology used was mixed, that is, a mixture of qualitative and quantitative approaches, qualitative due to the descriptive analysis carried out and quantitative due to the collection of data with numerical measurement. Regarding the results, there was initially a low level of knowledge in relation to the definition (24%), signs and symptoms (31%), complications (29%), eating a healthy menu (37%), frequency of physical activity (35%), Suspension of medication (32%), Social relationships (59%), family as help to comply with control measures (26%), lack of knowledge of the effects of alcoholic beverages on health (51%), lack of knowledge of the impact of cigarettes on health (36%), forgetting to take medications (70%), after the application of the Educational Program, knowledge of the Definition, symptoms and complications of Diabetes Mellitus increased. Type II (93%), Healthy diet (94%), Quality of Life (92%), Physical Activity (96%), Consumption of alcoholic beverages and cigarettes (99%). It is concluded that according to the application of the techniques of David Leyva and Morganov Heredia, an Educational Intervention Program in Diabetes Mellitus Type II was developed, which contains topics related to; General aspects of the pathology, Healthy diet, Quality of life, Physical activity, Alcohol and cigarette consumption.