PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC CARE STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY

A systematic review was carried out on the production and publication of research works referring to the study of the variable Physiotherapeutic Care Strategies for the improvement of Quality of Life in patients diagnosed with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, under the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses) approach. The purpose of the analysis proposed in the present document was to know the main characteristics of the publications registered in the Scopus and WoS databases during the year and their scope in the study of the proposed variables, achieving the identification of 345 publications. Thanks to this first identification, it was possible to refine the results through the keywords introduced in the search button of both platforms, which were “PHYSIOTHERAPY” and “QUALITY OF LIFE” and “DIABETIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY” reaching a total of 20 documents, excluding duplicates and those that did not meet the analysis criteria. These were analyzed hoping to know the relationship between both variables, and how the treatment in patients with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy can benefit their quality of life, through the strategies designed in physiotherapy. Among the main findings, it was found that the perception of patients suffering from NPD indicates that pain relief is associated with good levels of quality of life and that the application of physiotherapeutic treatments contributes to the reduction of pain, although this does not mean that the diagnosis of the disease changes