Educational intervention to promote self-care in older adults with diabetes mellitus. / Intervenção educativa para a promoção do autocuidado de idosos com diabetes mellitus.
Rev Esc Enferm USP
; 53: e03517, 2019.
Article
in Pt, En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31800812
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the efficacy of an educational nursing intervention in self-care for older adults who have Diabetes Mellitus.METHOD:
A quasi-experimental study with control and intervention two groups conducted with older adults living with Diabetes Mellitus, attended at Primary Health Care Units of Fortaleza/Ceará. The intervention was a group educational approach with guidelines on diabetes treatment and foot care. The Brazilian adapted version of the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Questionnaire (SDSCA) was used for evaluating before-and-after self-care. A significance level of 0.05 was considered.RESULTS:
103 older adults participated in the study. There was an increase in self-care for diabetes after the educational intervention related to the aspects healthy diet (p = 0.027), dietary instruction (p = 0.013) and foot examination (p = 0.012).CONCLUSION:
The performed intervention promoted positive behavioral changes, favoring the adoption of healthy habits and the promotion of self-care in older adult patients with Diabetes Mellitus.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Self Care
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Patient Education as Topic
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Diabetes Mellitus
Type of study:
Guideline
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
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Pt
Journal:
Rev Esc Enferm USP
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brasil