Type 2 diabetes risk and physical activity in outpatients treated in health centers in a district of north Lima, 2020

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 is a chronic disorder that affects the way the body metabolizes sugar (glucose) in the blood and depends on a combination of risk factors, such as genes and lifestyle. Although certain risk factors such as family history, age, or ethnicity cannot be changed, those related to diet, physical activity, and weight can be changed. These lifestyle changes can affect the probability of developing type 2 diabetes and its complications. In this research work, the prevention of the patient to develop type 2 diabetes with the option of leading a healthy lifestyle is proposed and reinforcing the population of each establishment with health education. It is a quantitative approach, a non-experimental, descriptive, and correlational study, with a population of 300 outpatients from a district of North Lima, who answered a questionnaire with sociodemographic data and the instruments of the level of physical activity IPAQ and risk of FINDRISK type 2 diabetes mellitus. In the results with respect to the level of physical activity, low 125 (41.7%) predominated and at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, 113 (27.7%) predominated. In conclusion, the population should be educated to have an adequate lifestyle by improving physical activity to prevent the risk of contracting diabetes.