Diabetic peripheral neuropathy in ambulatory patients with type 2 diabetes in a general hospital in a middle income country: a cross-sectional study

We aimed to estimate the morbidity rate and associated factors for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in a low-middle income country setting. Cross-sectional study, data was gathered at Peru's Ministry of Health national specialized hospital for endocrinological conditions through standardize...

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Published in:PloS one 2014-05, Vol.9 (5), p.e95403-e95403
Main Authors: Lazo, María de Los Angeles, Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio, Pinto, Miguel E, Ticse, Ray, Malaga, German, Sacksteder, Katherine, Miranda, J Jaime, Gilman, Robert H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Ambulatory Care
Amputation
Analysis
Anthropometry
Blood pressure
Blood tests
Body mass
Body mass index
Body size
Chronic illnesses
Confidence intervals
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications
Diabetic Foot - diagnosis
Diabetic Foot - etiology
Diabetic Neuropathies - epidemiology
Diabetic neuropathy
Diabetics
Disease control
Drug therapy
Female
Foot diseases
Glucose
Glycated Hemoglobin A
Hemoglobin
Hospitals
Hospitals, General
Humans
Income
Insulin
Male
Mathematical analysis
Medicine and Health Sciences
Metformin
Middle Aged
Morbidity
Mortality
Multivariable control
Onychomycosis
Pain
Pain perception
Patients
Perception
Peripheral neuropathy
Peru - epidemiology
Pharmacology
Prevalence
Public health
Retinopathy
Risk Factors
Sex ratio
Type 2 diabetes
Vibration
Vibration perception
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Summary:We aimed to estimate the morbidity rate and associated factors for diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) in a low-middle income country setting. Cross-sectional study, data was gathered at Peru's Ministry of Health national specialized hospital for endocrinological conditions through standardized interviews, anthropometric measurements and blood tests for glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). DPN was evaluated using two techniques: the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test and the diabetic neuropathy symptom score. Overall prevalence and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated. Potential factors related to DPN explored included body mass index, years with disease (
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0095403