Falta De Conocimientos Como Factor De Riesgo Para Ser Hospitalizado en Pacientes Diabéticos Tipo 2 (original) (raw)

Objective: To demonstrate that the lack of an adequate knowledge by diabetic patients type 2, is a risk factor in their hospitalizations by hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. Material and Methods: Case-control design in 114 type 2 diabetic patients and 114 hospital outpatient of General Hospital and Family Medicine No.9 of Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco. Mexico. They were matched by: age, gender, schooling, time in diabetes diagnosis, and familiar coexistence. Patients who were first hospitalized for glycemic lack of control they compared their knowled-www.medigraphic.org.mx