FAMILY FUNCTIONALITY ,SOCIAL SUPPORT AND GLYCEMIC CONTROL OF DIABETIC PATIENTS, TREATED AT NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES PROGRAM. GRAU HOSPITAL,2014

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease currently considered a public health problem. The evidence shows that evolution and treatment response in chronic diseases depends largely on family functioning and adequate social support. Objective: To determine the association between family functioning, social support and its relation in the blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetic patients treated at program NCDs in Grau Hospital. Method: Descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional study. It was analyzed 313 patients with diabetes mellitus type 2, during the study period July-December 2014, in whom the degree of glycemic control was evaluated by HBA1C or measuring the preprandial and postprandial glucose. To evaluate the association was used two validated instruments "Family APGAR" and "Questionnaire MOSS". For quantitative variables were used measures of central tendency and dispersion, in addition to the chi-square test for association analysis with a significance level of 5%. Results: It was analyzed 313 patients with type 2 diabetes, 53% belonged to the female sex, 77.3% were elderly, mostly married with completed secondary school, 78% was receiving oral antidiabetics. The 52.4% of type 2 diabetic patients, have poor glycemic control. There was no association between glycemic control and Family Functionality (p = 0.745).The social support, it was good in 87.3% of cases, obtained scores between 57 and 95 points; there was no association between social support and Glycemic Control, p = 0.9. Conclusion: There is no association between Family Function and Social Support in glycemic control of type 2 diabetic patients treated at NCDs Program of Grau Hospital.