Association between anthropometrical indicators and lifestyle habits of people with diabetes mellitus and neuropathic symptoms

The study has the purpose of analyzing the association of anthropometrical indicators and lifestyle habits on people with diabetes mellitus and neuropathic symptoms. It is an analytic, quantitative and transversal study, accomplished on a Primary Health Care Unit of a city from Ceará, Brazil, of march to December 2018, with 152 people. The data was gathered via instrument with the following data: clinical-epidemiological, anthropometrical, lifestyle habits, diabetes’ diagnosis time, feeling of pain on the feet and legs and protective sensibility on the sole of the feet. Accordingly to the Neuropathic Symptoms Score (NSE), 67.1% of the participants presented pain or discomfort on the feet and legs, especially, the tingling (36.1%), was reported on the feet (25.1%) or legs (29.1%) singly. There was a similar prevalence between soft and moderate neuropathic symptoms. In accordance with the Visual Analogue Scale of pain, 63.16% mentioned a pain with a medium level of four. In relation to the lifestyle habits and scores of neuropathic symptoms, there was a significant correlation only on sedentary people (p=0,013). There were higher scores of altered NSE on alcoholics, ex-alcoholics and sedentary people. Most of the participants with altered NSE showed a change regarding the waist circumference (p=0,024). Higher scores of neuropathic symptoms occurred among the ones complaining about pain on lower members, sedentary and with altered waist circumference