Objective: To evaluate the level of risk for type 2 diabetes in persons attending outpatients at a public hospital in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. Method: Quantitative study with descriptive and cross-sectional design; a probability sample of 327 persons selected by simple random sampling, users of a public hospital. FINDRISC instrument that measures risk for type 2 diabetes. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis in the SPSS v.25 program. The right of withdrawal and confidentiality were respected. Main results: 100% of the participants were women; the majority were adults (75.5%), married (25.7%), housewives (59.9%), living in Michoacán (89%) and residents of Morelia (73.4%). It was also found that 36.4% of the subjects were overweight, 59.6% with abnormal blood pressure and 56% with normal glucose. Very high risk of developing diabetes was found in 24.5% and high risk in 20...

Objective: To determine the level of self-care in older adults who live in Morelia, Michoacán.  Method: This research had a quantitative, descriptive approach, with a non-experimental design and a cross section. The sample was selected for convenience and was made up of 100 older adults. Main Results: The main findings indicate that 42% have a high self-care capacity, 27% high, 19% regular, 8% low and only 4% very low.  General Conclusion: These days, despite the fact that there is a lot of information about the needs of the elderly, there are few interventions that do not remain a mere utopia. For this reason, it is essential to develop programs where this age group is attended from their spaces, emphasizing in the self-care requirements necessary to guarantee a quality of life. Also, giving a call to all the nurses is made to provide an adequate, optimal and personalize...

Objective: To establish relationship between alcohol consumption and parental upbringing in adolescents from Michoacán localities. Method: Quantitative study with correlational and cross-sectional design; with a non-probabilistic convenience sample of 150 adolescents from different localities of Michoacán state, México. Instruments: AUDIT test (α=0.86) Standards and Requirements Scale (ENE Spanish scronym) (α=0.90). Descriptive statistics and the program SPSS v.25 were used in the analysis of the information. The right to privacy was respected. Main results: From the sample 54.2% were women, 97.9% were singles, 40% were residents of Morelia and the mean age was 15.93 years (DE= 1.55).  It was found that there was no risk in the alcohol consumption up to 85.4 % of the sample and that 9.4% of men and 5.2% of women presented physical-psychological problems due to alcohol consumpti...