A educação na pessoa com diabetes tipo 2 para a adesão às atividades de autocuidado

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious public health problem worldwide, not only for its rising caseness, but also for its high morbidity and mortality. However, a large percentage of the mortality associated with diabetes can be prevented through the normalization of blood glucose levels. The education in diabetes is the cornerstone in the treatment of this disease, because patients with diabetes, with the help of health professionals, must perform a complex action plan in order to develop self-care skills. The main objective of this work was to explain the importance of education in people with type 2 diabetes for their adherence to self-care activities. To do so, we used a cross-sectional study of exploratory-descriptive nature with a quantitative character methodology. To collect data we used two questionnaires: a questionnaire for socio-demographic characterization, training in diabetes and personal history, and another questionnaire for the assessment of self-care activities with diabetes, which was translated and adapted to Portuguese by Bastos, Severo & Lopes (2007). The sample comprised 100 individuals with type 2 diabetes, who came from Atalaia do Campo, Castelo Novo, Póvoa de Atalaia and Soalheira. The results obtained in this work show that the training in diabetes is important for the adherence to the self-care in type 2 diabetes, because in the study, 51.8% of the average adherence to the self-care in type 2 DM was explained by the training that the respondent claimed to have on diabetes.

Date of Award	2 Feb 2012
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Paulo Pereira (Supervisor)