Diabetes in the elderly adult. An educational experience for INASS in Venezuela

Abstract

Diabetes is a disease that has been increasing in the country, with older adults being the most affected. The objective of this multiple case report is to determine the knowledge that the elderly of the INASS Centers of the states of Vargas, Táchira and Caracas have about the risk and care factors that the patient with diabetes should have, for which they were interviewed older adults, randomly selected to then apply a mixed survey approved by the doctors of the Centers. The results indicate the recognition of diabetes as an incurable disease but the ignorance of risk factors such as smoking, hypertension and weight, as well as measures of self-care, symptomatology and organs that it affects. Therefore, educational interventions are proposed to inform and guide older adults about these aspects in order to avoid complications that limit their autonomy in the future.