Therapeutic adherence and facing styles in adolescents with diabetes mellitus type I

Introduction:  Diabetes mellitus, is one of the four non-transmissible chronic diseases that has become a Public health problem worldwide. Objective: To characterize the therapeutic adherence and facing styles in adolescents with diabetes mellitus type I. Methods: An experimental, cross-sectional, and correlational study was carried out with a quantitative methodological approach from November, 2020 to April, 2021, in the Comprehensive Care to Diabetic Consultation in Güines, Mayabeque province. The universe was formed by 83 diabetic Type I adolescents, for the selection of the sample a non-probabilistic sampling by convenience was used, and it was formed by 30 of them. For the collecting of the information a questionnaire was used to assess therapeutic adherence and a scale of Facing Styles for Adolescents. The data processing was performed by descriptive y differential statistics. Results: There was a prevalence of 11 years and more of treatment, diabetic Type I adolescents, for a 70 % and only a 6.7 % had from one to five years of treatment. Partial adhered diabetic adolescents prevailed for a 76.7 %. The most used facing style by adolescents was the style directed to the relation with the others, in a 46.7 %, followed by the style directed to the solution of problems for a 40 %. Only 13.3% had an unproductive style. Conclusions: Diabetic adolescents adhered to treatment use different facing styles

Adherencia terapéutica y estilos de afrontamiento en adolescentes con diabetes mellitus tipo I

Introduction:  Diabetes mellitus, is one of the four non-transmissible chronic diseases that has become a Public health problem worldwide. Objective: To characterize the therapeutic adherence and facing styles in adolescents with diabetes mellitus type I. Methods:An experimental, cross-sectional, and correlational study was carried out with a quantitative methodological approach from November, 2020 to April, 2021, in the Comprehensive Care to Diabetic Consultation in Güines, Mayabeque province. The universe was formed by 83 diabetic Type I adolescents, for the selection of the sample a non-probabilistic sampling by convenience was used, and it was formed by 30 of them. For the collecting of the information a questionnaire was used to assess therapeutic adherence and a scale of Facing Styles for Adolescents. The data processing was performed by descriptive y differential statistics. Results: There was a prevalence of 11 years and more of treatment, diabetic Type I adolescents, for a 70 % and only a 6.7 % had from one to five years of treatment. Partial adhered diabetic adolescents prevailed for a 76.7 %. The most used facing style by adolescents was the style directed to the relation with the others, in a 46.7 %, followed by the style directed to the solution of problems for a 40 %. Only 13.3% had an unproductive style. Conclusions: Diabetic adolescents adhered to treatment use different facing styles.Introducción:  La diabetes mellitus, figura dentro de las cuatro enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles que se ha convertido a nivel mundial, en un problema de Salud Pública.Objetivo: Caracterizar la adherencia terapéutica y los estilos de afrontamiento en los adolescentes con diabetes mellitus tipo I. Métodos:Se realizó un estudio no experimental, de corte transversal, descriptivo y correlacional, con enfoque metodológico cuantitativo, en el periodo comprendido de noviembre del 2020 a abril del 2021, en la Consulta de Atención Integral al Diabético, del municipio Güines, provincia Mayabeque. El universo estuvo constituido por 83 adolescentes diabéticos tipo I, para la selección de la muestra se utilizó un muestreo no probabilístico, intencional por conveniencia, quedó constituida por 30 de ellos. Para la recogida de información se utilizó el Cuestionario para evaluar adherencia terapéutica y la Escala de Afrontamiento para Adolescentes. El procesamiento se realizó mediante la estadística descriptiva y diferencial. Resultados: Existió un predominio de los 11 años de tratamiento en adelante, en los adolescentes diabéticos tipo I, para un 70 % y solo un 6.7 % tenían de uno a cinco años. Sobresalieron los adolescentes diabéticos adheridos parciales para un 76.7 %. El estilo de afrontamiento más utilizados por los adolescentes fue el estilo dirigido a la relación con los demás, en un 46.7 %, seguido del estilo dirigido a la resolución del problema para un 40 %. Solo el 13.3 % tenían un estilo improductivo. Conclusiones: Los adolescentes diabéticos adheridos al tratamiento utilizan diferentes estilos de afrontamiento