The lack of attachment of the patient to the treatment for diabetes control is the main problem generated by the existence of myths, such as, that if there are no symptoms, the condition is controlled, the team of researchers from a transnational pharmacist said.
According to the specialists who conducted the survey between October 2014 and January 2015, they found that there is a great educational need in Latin America, so they propose the development of educational strategies that help demystify the disease to put an end to the inadequate care for attention bypart of the patient to his illness.
In the survey applied to 425 patients with type 2 diabetes, Argentina, Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia and Mexico, found that people living with diabetes believe that if they do not have symptoms, their diabetes is controlled.Patients hardly talk to their doctor to evaluate the best treatment options depending on their effectiveness or the presence of adverse effects.
People who live with type 2 diabetes consider that medications do not contribute to control their body weight and, on the contrary, can affect it.People who live with diabetes consider that alternative medicine cure diabetes or that exercise and diet are sufficient to control their illness.And patients believe that medications available in the market are all the same and that there is no significant difference between them.
The pharmaceutical Janssen found that these factors directly influence the way patients attend their disease, which can lead to future complications of gravity and an increase in the costs of their attention, elements that reduce the quality of life of thepatients and their families.
Doctors confirmed the existence of myths that suppose a barrier in the treatment of their patients.They confirm that these myths come from bad information, habits, patient personality and previous experiences of family or friends with diabetes.
There are currently 371 million people around the world living with diabetes.The World Health Organization projects this disease as the seventh cause of death by 2030.
In Mexico there are 6.4 million people diagnosed with diabetes, which is the first cause of mortality in the country, and it is expected that by 2025 there will be 11.9 million people with diabetes.75 percent of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in Mexico have failed to control their disease.Type 2 diabetes affects 90 percent of people with diabetes.
