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PROFILE OF PEOPLE SERVED THROUGH TELEMEDICINE BY THE DIABETES UNIT OF A DIGITAL HOSPITAL IN CHILE

dc.creatorNATALIA VERÓNICA BELLO ESCAMILLA
dc.date2024
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-10T15:49:13Z
dc.date.available2025-01-10T15:49:13Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: TRADITIONALLY, DIABETES MANAGEMENT HAS INVOLVED A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING BETWEEN THE DOCTOR AND THE PATIENT. HOWEVER, INCORPORATING NEW TOOLS SUCH AS TELEMEDICINE INTO CLINICAL PRACTICE MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR CONTROLLING THIS DISEASE. OBJECTIVE: TO DESCRIBE, ACCORDING TO SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS, THE PEOPLE TREATED THROUGH TELEMEDICINE BY THE DIABETES CELL OF THE DIGITAL HOSPITAL IN CHILE. MATERIAL AND METHOD: DESCRIPTIVE STUDY WITH SECONDARY DATA OF 1427 PEOPLE FROM THE CLINICAL REGISTRY OF THE DIABETES CELL OF THE DIGITAL HOSPITAL. THE ANALYSIS INCLUDED PERCENTAGES, MEASURES OF CENTRAL TENDENCY, AND C2 OR U MANN-WHITNEY TEST (P-VALUE < 0.05) TO TEST FOR INDEPENDENCE BETWEEN GENDER STRATA. RESULTS: 61% OF THE PEOPLE WERE WOMEN, AND THE MEDIAN AGE WAS 62 YEARS. ABOUT 65% PRESENTED ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION AND/OR DYSLIPIDEMIA, ALMOST 55% OF ADULTS PRESENTED OBESITY, AND MORE THAN 90% DID NOT PERFORM PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. MORE THAN 80% USE INSULIN, AND JUST OVER 45% OF ADULTS HAVE HBA1C > 10%. APPROXIMATELY 20% PRESENTED RETINOPATHY, 17% NEUROPATHY, AND 13% RISK OF FOOT ULCERATION. ALMOST 45% OF THOSE DIAGNOSED WITH NEPHROPATHY HAD A PROGNOSIS OF VERY HIGH-RISK CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE. CONCLUSION: THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TREATED THROUGH TELEMEDICINE BY THE DIABETES CELL OF THE DIGITAL HOSPITAL ARE MOSTLY WOMEN AND OLDER ADULTS FROM FAMILIY HEALTH CARE CENTRES (CESFAM), WHO PRESENT COMORBIDITIES, USE INSULIN, ARE SEDENTARY, HAVE MALNUTRITION DUE TO EXCESS, DEFICIENT METABOLIC CONTROL AND THEIR MAIN DIABETIC COMPLICATION IS RETINOPATHY
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dc.identifier.issn0717-6163
dc.identifier.issn0034-9887
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.ubiobio.cl/handle/123456789/13802
dc.languagespa
dc.publisherREVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE
dc.rightsPUBLICADA
dc.subjectTelemedicina.
dc.subjectDiabetes Mellitus
dc.subjectConsulta Remota
dc.subjectTelemedicine
dc.subjectRemote Consultation.
dc.subjectDiabetes Mellitus
dc.titlePROFILE OF PEOPLE SERVED THROUGH TELEMEDICINE BY THE DIABETES UNIT OF A DIGITAL HOSPITAL IN CHILE
dc.title.alternativePERFIL DE PERSONAS QUE SE ATIENDEN A TRAVÉS DE TELEMEDICINA, POR LA CÉLULA DE DIABETES DEL HOSPITAL DIGITAL
dc.typeARTÍCULO
dspace.entity.typePublication
ubb.EstadoPUBLICADA
ubb.Otra ReparticionDEPARTAMENTO DE ENFERMERIA
ubb.SedeCHILLÁN
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