Abstract
This is a cross-sectional correlational study that analyzed the self-care of diabetic patients according to the SDSCA. The sample was made up by 96 people di...
Highlights
The Diabetes Mellitus type 2 (DM-2) is today a great challenge to authorities and health professionals as a result of its high incidence and prevalence, reflecting in high social and economic costs, possibly explained by the ageing of the population associated with the unhealthy practices of living, such as the sedentary lifestyle and a carbohydrate-rich diet
According to data published by the Surveillance of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by the Ministry of Health, the average occurrence of diabetes in the adult population is 6.3%, and many are affected by Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH)
There was the predominance of people with one to five years of education, as well as was shown in a study carried out in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, where 65.5% of the sample said to possess this same time of education (GRILLO; GORINI, 2007)
Summary
The Diabetes Mellitus type 2 (DM-2) is today a great challenge to authorities and health professionals as a result of its high incidence and prevalence, reflecting in high social and economic costs, possibly explained by the ageing of the population associated with the unhealthy practices of living, such as the sedentary lifestyle and a carbohydrate-rich diet.According to data published by the Surveillance of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by the Ministry of Health, the average occurrence of diabetes in the adult population is 6.3%, and many are affected by Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH).Acta Scientiarum. According to data published by the Surveillance of Risk and Protective Factors for Chronic Diseases by the Ministry of Health, the average occurrence of diabetes in the adult population is 6.3%, and many are affected by Systemic Arterial Hypertension (SAH) These associated diseases contribute to the greatest number of deaths, hospitalizations and amputations of lower limbs in Brazil. Are highlighted as chronic complications: diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy – main type of irreversible blindness in Brazil – as well as macrovascular complications such as coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular disease (BRASIL, 2011) These complications arise, in average, on a scale of five to ten years of evolution of the diabetes, in which during the first consultation many patients can already present the diabetes asymptomatically. Are added the acute complications, such as hypoglycemia and acute hyperglycemic
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