[Level of medical information on diabetes, attitude of patients towards their illness and its association with the level of blood sugar control]. / Nivel de información médica sobre diabetes, actitud de los pacientes hacia la enfermedad y su asociación con el nivel de control glucémico.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the level of information and attitude that it has more than enough their illness has patient with diabetes type 2 (DM2), and their association with level of glycemic control. DESIGN: Cross-sectional. SETTING: Two units of family medicine. PATIENT: 200 subject with DM2. INTERVENTIONS: Two instruments were applied validated to measure, level of knowledge and attitude was measured the average of the last 6 glycemia. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: The qualification average of the instrument of knowledge was 58.6 +/- 17.9 (it scale 0-100). For the instrument of attitude it was of 18.9 +/- 2.1 (it scale 0 at 35). The qualification of knowledge of the controlled group was of 55.48 +/- 16.8, and of the uncontrolled group it was of 59.2 +/- 18.1. The qualification has more than enough attitude of the controlled group it was of 17.8 +/- 2.3, and of the uncontrolled group of 19.1 +/- 2, p = 0.001. The proportionate level of information the family doctor was of 42.9%, of the team of health of 10.2% and of other sources of 6.3%. At the analysis of the degree of attitude and the level of information, there was a better attitude when the information was provided by other sources p < 0.05. In the percentage of information and the level of glycemic control, the control level was better when the information was for the team of health p < 0.01. CONCLUSIONS: The level of medical information on diabetes provided by the family doctor and the team of health is low and it doesn't and only this last are associate to better glycemic control. The attitude is better when one receives information of other sources.

[Validity and reliability of FANTASTIC an instrument for measuring the life style in Mexican patients with arterial hypertension]. / Validez y fiabilidad del instrumento "FANTASTIC" para medir el estilo de vida en pacientes mexicanos con hipertensión arterial.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reliability and validity of the instrument "FANTASTIC", when being applied to a sample of Mexican patients with high blood pressure. DESIGN: Observational, prospective, longitudinal, descriptive. SETTING: Unit of Family Medicine No. 91 Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social. PATIENTS: 103 patients with hypertension on treatment, adults, non diabetics that knew to read and to write. INTERVENTIONS: Was applied "FANTASTIC" instrument (that consists of 25 closed items on the lifestyle), translated to Spanish in versions of 3 and 5 answers, with an interval test-retest of 14 to 21 days. The average of the systolic arterial tension (SAT), diastolic (DAT) and half arterial tension (HAT) was calculated of the last 3 registrations of the clinical file, mass corporal index (MCI), waist/hip ratio (WHR), and fast glucaemia (FG) was measured. MEASUREMENT AND RESULTS: 66% was women. The correlation test-retest, in the version of five answer options was of 0.81 (p = 0.01) and among both versions of 0.91 (p = 0.01). They were not differences in the total qualification according to the sex. To more age, it was bigger qualification and smaller MCI and FG. Weak correlation was observed (not significant) among more total qualification and smaller DAT. There was negative correlation among more qualification in the nutrition domain and smaller MCI (p = 0.01), among more qualification in the domain of tobacco (smaller consumption) with smaller DAT (p = 0.05) and smaller HAT (p = 0.05). CONCLUSIONS: The consistency of the instrument is very good. Their content doesn't correlate specifically with the control indicators in hypertension.