Introduction:

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by high blood glucose levels with a high prevalence worldwide; in Paraguay alone, its prevalence is 10.6%. This pathology is associated with multiple comorbidities and complications, among which micro- and macrovascular complications stand out.

Objective:

To characterize patients attending the diabetology clinic at the Central Police Hospital Rigoberto Caballero, Asuncion, during 2023 and 2024.

Methodology:

An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective, non-probabilistic study with convenience sampling was carried out. The study population corresponded to patients of both sexes, over 40 years of age, carriers of type 2 diabetes mellitus, who attended the diabetology office of the aforementioned center. Data were obtained from virtual clinical records by accessing the Health Information System (HIS).

Results:

One hundred twenty-three patients were studied, of whom 69 (56.1%) were female with a mean age of 65 ± 10 years, with prevalent comorbidities such as obesity in 87 patients (70.7%), arterial hypertension in 100 patients (81.30%) and chronic kidney disease in 35 patients (28.45%). The mean glycated hemoglobin was 8.54 ± 2.18%. The prevalent therapeutic scheme was the combined treatment of insulin and oral antidiabetics (59.34%), and treatment adherence was 43.04%.

Conclusion:

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who attended the diabetology clinic were mostly women, aged 65 years, from the Central Department, with a BMI of 31 kg/m2, with obesity and hypertension, non-adherent to antidiabetic treatment, with suboptimal glycemia, and a combined scheme of oral drugs plus insulin therapy.

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