Epidemiological factors associated with the evolution of the diabetic foot

Diabetic foot ulcers are advanced chronic vascular lesions with tissue deterioration and with unfavorable prognosis; these ulcers predict the risk of amputation in 90% of cases. This research aims to establish an association between the epidemiological factors and the evolution of the diabetic foot. For this, in this paper, we present an analytical, transversal, prospective study. Our sample consisted of 95 outpatients and hospitalized men and women diabetic patients, who attended Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga in Cuenca, Ecuador, over the time frame encompassing December 2017 to September 2018. For each patient, we interviewed them with epidemiological data, and a physical examination of the feet was done to assess the Wagner scale degrees. Results revealed that 93% of individuals had some degree of injury to their feet. Out of the examined individuals, 61% were males, 41% have completed elementary school, and 63% lived in urban areas. The average age was of 69 years, the average diagnostic time of the disease was 14 years, and the patients had a BMI (Body Mass Index) average of 26. A significant correlation was observed between the Wagner´s scale classification and the diagnosed time of the disease with a Chi-square of 47.02 and a p-value of 0.025 in the analysis of variance (ANOVA). It is concluded that the diabetic foot can appear at any age and in patients of both sexes. It is conditioned by factors such as physical inactivity, smoking, poor eating habits and lack of sanitary hygiene

Knowledge regarding organ donation of university students in Catholic Univer-sity of Cuenca: a cross-sectional study

Organ donation is the process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person (the organ donor) and placing it into another person (the recipient). Transplantation is necessary because the recipient's organ has failed or has been damaged by disease or injury, a benevolent human act, has become a medical tool that has helped many people who would have died by diseases. However, this medical action involves concepts that the human being has always been intrigued by life and death, concepts that generate the debate on the acceptance and the refusal to donate organs of a deceased family member. Objective: The objective of this work was to determine the co-education level on organ donation among university students.  Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of 80 undergraduate students from Nursing and Accounting courses of the Catholic University of Cuenca, Ecuador to determine their knowledge around the topic of organ donation. Tests were carried out individually in 40-minute sessions according to the methods of Carrión-Vidal et al. Before the study, signed informed consent, guaranteeing their confidentiality and anonymity, was obtained from the participants. Results: The results indicate: 91% of nursing students and 84% of accounting students know the definition of organ donation; in relation to the organic law of organ donation, 65% of the nursing students knew about it, as well as 22% of the accounting students. Conclusions: In relation to the information referring when a person can donate an organ, 69.8% of the participants passed this part of the test, contrasting with a previous study carried out by the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Cuenca in which they found that 92.2% of the participants answered correctly

Knowledge regarding organ donation of university students in Catholic Univer-sity of Cuenca: a cross-sectional study

Organ donation is the process of surgically removing an organ or tissue from one person (the organ donor) and placing it into another person (the recipient). Transplantation is necessary because the recipient's organ has failed or has been damaged by disease or injury, a benevolent human act, has become a medical tool that has helped many people who would have died by diseases. However, this medical action involves concepts that the human being has always been intrigued by life and death, concepts that generate the debate on the acceptance and the refusal to donate organs of a deceased family member. Objective: The objective of this work was to determine the co-education level on organ donation among university students.  Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study of 80 undergraduate students from Nursing and Accounting courses of the Catholic University of Cuenca, Ecuador to determine their knowledge around the topic of organ donation. Tests were carried out individually in 40-minute sessions according to the methods of Carrión-Vidal et al. Before the study, signed informed consent, guaranteeing their confidentiality and anonymity, was obtained from the participants. Results: The results indicate: 91% of nursing students and 84% of accounting students know the definition of organ donation; in relation to the organic law of organ donation, 65% of the nursing students knew about it, as well as 22% of the accounting students. Conclusions: In relation to the information referring when a person can donate an organ, 69.8% of the participants passed this part of the test, contrasting with a previous study carried out by the Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Cuenca in which they found that 92.2% of the participants answered correctly