Caracterización epidemiológica de los pacientes del club de diabetes del hospital básico de paute, Ecuador

Objective: To identify the epidemiological characteristics in patients of the diabetes club of the Hospital Básico de Paute, Ecuador. Materials and methods: This was a descriptive and cross-sectional study in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 of the Hospital Básico de Paute diabetes club, during the period January to August 2018, a questionnaire validated by 2 experts in diabetes mellitus was used, the following data was recorded: age, sex, ethnicity, educational status, occupation, used drugs and anthropometric data. Results: Out of the 80 patients evaluated, 73.8% (n=59) were female, with a predominance of subjects >70 years (41.3%, n=33), with only primary education (62.5%; n=50), and housewives (67.5%; n=54), the majority were obese (56.3%; n=45) with a predominance of weight disorders in women (overweight: 35.6% and obesity: 32.5%). 50% of the patients received combined pharmacological therapy, being metformin the most used antidiabetic drug (92.5%), followed by sulfonylureas (35%); while ACE inhibitors were the most antihypertensive used with 33.8%. Conclusion: Patients from the Hospital Básico de Paute diabetes club are predominantly women, older adults, with a low educational level and whose prevalence of obesity and overweight is very high; most of them receive antidiabetic phar-macotherapy, with metformin as the main drug used.