They offer psychoeducational sessions to prevent type 2 diabetes

A total of 37 people, users of the Guadalajara-South Health Center, have been called to participate in psychoeducational sessions that aim at health information and promotion to prevent the appearance of type 2 diabetes.

Throughout the months of June and July, the professionals of the center have carried out different prevention and early detection activities of diabetes, by applying the Findrisk test among adult users, as reported by the Board.

The nurse, Carmen Sabroso, explained that this activity has been carried out periodically for four years by carrying out test-pronósticos to find out likely to suffer from diabetes 2 in the next ten years, "although this time it is intended to strengthen the useRegular of this test in medical and nursing consultations, "he stressed.

During this time, four informative tables were installed in this health center and surveys were conducted in waiting rooms and consultations with which 198 users have been reached.

Of these, 28 percent --56 people-have obtained a positive result, that is, their tests revealed a high probability of developing a future diabetes.

Participate in educational sessions

For this reason, these users have been recommendedIt can prevent, and what are the risk factors on which to act.

This is, has indicated Carmen Sabroso, of "not sick people, are not diabetic", to whom you want to inform and motivate to modify lifestyles and can, if possible, avoid the appearance of this disease.

Findrisk test is a "great efficacy" tool to prevent diabetes by identifying people at risk or people with non -diagnosed diabetes.

Through this test you can detect the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. It can also lead to educational and reinforcement intervention of certain behaviors for health care in people at risk.

The test is directed to patients without diagnosis of diabetes, in medical and nursing consultations and waiting rooms, and addresses issues related to family history, age, weight, abdominal perimeter, the practice of physical activity, eating habits or eating habits orAntihypertensive medication.It also intends to find out previous episodes of hyperglycemia, such as gestational diabetes, and its genetic predisposition.

Once patients with high predisposition have been detected, individualized education is provided and they are offered to participate in educational diabetes prevention sessions and reinforcement of healthy behaviors in risk patients and among the general population.

Likewise, in the case of patients who have a very high probability of diabetes, they are derived to consultation.Finally, it is sought to capture patients already diagnosed with diabetes to include them in the next educational groups.

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