| dc.creator | Ortiz P,Manuel | |
| dc.creator | Ortiz P,Eugenia | |
| dc.date | 2005-03-01 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-17T15:35:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-17T15:35:14Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872005000300006 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/131775 | |
| dc.description | Background: Treatment compliance among patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, is low in 50% of diabetic teenagers, becoming a social and medical problem. Aim: To determine psycho-social factors associated to treatment compliance among Chilean diabetic type 1 teenagers. Patients and methods: A non experimental study of 61 diabetic teenagers (age 14.9±1.9 years, 37 male). The number of blood glucose determinations, socioeconomic level and practice of sports was measured. Psychological tests were applied to analyze self-efficiency, motivation of achievement, self-esteem and knowledge of the illness and its treatment. As a measure of patient compliance, glycosilated hemoglobin (HB1Ac) was measured. Results: Six patients had a good control of diabetes (HB1Ac <7%), 24 had HB1Ac values between 7 and 8.9, and 31 (51%) had values of 9% or more, considered as a poor diabetes control. The intensified insulin treatment scheme, the knowledge of the illness and its treatment and the sense of self-efficiency, were the factors associated with a better compliance with treatment. Teenagers of higher socio-economical levels had a better compliance with treatment. Conclusions: Fifty percent of Chilean diabetic teenagers in this sample had a poor control of the disease and the variable knowledge about the disease is the better predictor of patient compliance (Rev Méd Chile 2005; 133: 307-13) | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.language | es | |
| dc.publisher | Sociedad Médica de Santiago | |
| dc.relation | 10.4067/S0034-98872005000300006 | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | Revista médica de Chile v.133 n.3 2005 | |
| dc.subject | Adolescent psychology | |
| dc.subject | Diabetes mellitus, type 1 | |
| dc.subject | Patient compliance | |
| dc.title | Adherencia al tratamiento en adolescentes diabéticos tipo 1 chilenos: una aproximación psicológica | |
