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- Title
Therapeutic itinerary of elderly people with diabetes mellitus: implications for nursing care.
- Authors
Feltrin de Oliveira, Francine; Beuter, Margrid; Schimith, Maria Denise; Tambara Leite, Marinês; Backes, Carolina; Rieth Benetti, Eliane Raquel; Venturini, Larissa
- Abstract
Objective: to describe the therapeutic itinerary of elderly people with diabetes mellitus registered at Family Health Strategy units. Methods: qualitative and descriptive study carried out with 15 elderly people with diabetes mellitus between February and April 2019 by applying semi-structured interviews with the participants. Data were submitted to analysis of Minayo's operational proposal. Results: in the folk care subsystem, the use of medicinal herbs, healers, and faith was emphasized by the participants. In the professional care subsystem, Family Health Strategy units were the services with the strongest bond to elderly people, but these patients still had to resort to the private healthcare network. Family proved to be the main source of support in the popular care subsystem. Final considerations: nursing must acknowledge the different types of knowledge, coping strategies, beliefs, and the culture of elderly people with diabetes mellitus to guarantee the delivery of comprehensive care.
- Subjects
NURSING; RESEARCH methodology; DIABETES; INTERVIEWING; PRIMARY health care; QUALITATIVE research; DATA analysis software; OLD age
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021, Vol 74, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0788