Afrontamiento del adulto mayor frente a diabetes tipo 2 atendidos en el Centro de Salud de Azogues del distrito 03D01, agosto 2022 – febrero 2023

Abstract

Background: In older adult’s quality of life can be affected by limitations in daily activities, onset, progression of diabetes and its complications. The basic resource is the coping that the individual has to face the disease and maintain or improve their health. Objective: To determine the coping of older adults with Type 2 diabetes. Methods: Cross-sectional analytical study. With a sample of 105 older adults attended at the Azogues Health Center, September 2022 - February 2023, a survey was applied for sociodemographic variables and the scale for measuring the coping and adaptation process proposed by Callista Roy, with the Likert scale. A correlational analysis was performed using Pearson's test. Results: 61% of the older adults were female, 81.9% were residents of the Azogues sector, 41% were married, 34.3% were housewives, and 57.1% had primary schooling. According to socioeconomic level, 50.5% belonged to level C- (medium-low), in coping with diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2), the majority presented a high capacity. There was a Pearson correlation between age and schooling with factor 1 (0.08 and 0.02 respectively), and between age and factors 3 and 4 (0.06 and 0.04 respectively). Conclusion: The feasibility of using the coping theory of older adults in the face of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) helps to determine positive aspects for the improvement of quality of life.