Relación entre síntomas de ansiedad y depresión, creencias irracionales de los alimentos, etapas de cambio para la actividad física y el comportamiento alimentario en personas con riesgo a diabetes mellitus tipo 2 en San Pedro Sula.

Abstract

This research is carried out with a quantitative approach, with a cross-sectional non-experimental design and a correlational scope to analyze the relationship between symptoms of anxiety, depression, irrational beliefs about food, stages of change in physical activity, and eating behavior in people at risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in San Pedro Sula, seeking that the results can be useful to guide improvements in prevention and a comprehensive approach from different health professions. Among the results, it was found that the average Body Mass Index (BMI) of the participants was 27.4 kg/m2, 112 people (33.3%) are in a normal weight range according to BMI, 106 people (31.5%) are in overweight and 102 people (30.3%) have a BMI of Obesity; It was found that the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus correlated positively with anxiety symptoms (r= 0.338, p<.0.001); symptoms of depression (r=0.335; p<.001) and with irrational beliefs about food (r=0.198; p<.001), with the emotional pecking subphenotype (r=0.348; p<.001), the subphenotype hyperphagic (r= 0.52, p <.001), the hedonic subphenotype (r= 0.270; p<.001) and the compulsive subphenotype (r=0.220; p<.001). Understanding how the variables associated with mental health, mainly symptoms of anxiety and depression, can be related to the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, can help reinforce strategies for the psychological approach of people with overweight and obesity, which is a factor of main risk for the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus as well as the strengthening of more effective prevention measures focused on the individual.