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- Title
Self-Care Among Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Bearing People: Adolescents' Experience.
- Authors
Vládia Carvalhêdo Fragoso, Luciana; dos Santos Oliveira Cunha, Maria da Conceição; Barbosa Fragoso, Ecleidson; Moura de Araújo, Márcio Flávio
- Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to identify the adolescents' experiences in the management of diabetes mellitus, regarding self-care. Methods: It is a descriptive research with a predominantly qualitative approach, which was carried out in a referral hospital in the assistance to patients with diabetes mellitus, located in Fortaleza city, Ceará State, Brazil. Fourteen adolescents bearing diabetes mellitus, within an age group from 12 to 18 years old, have participated in the study through semi-structured interviews. Results: The interviews were submitted to content analysis in order to identify the categories. After analysis, the following three thematic categories emerged: the first is related to patients who have demonstrated adherence to self-care; the second regarding the dilemmas of being an adolescent with diabetes; and the third concerning the actions of health professionals and the patients' relatives for the self-care management of adolescents. Conclusion: This research performed with adolescents bearing diabetes has revealed the importance of supported self-care as an instrument that can be worked out by both professionals and family, thus encouraging the treatment adherence.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TYPE 1 diabetes; TREATMENT of diabetes; CHILD behavior; CONTENT analysis; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL personnel; MEDICAL referrals; PATIENT compliance; HEALTH self-care; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; QUALITATIVE research; THEMATIC analysis; ADOLESCENCE; CHILDREN
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2019, Vol 11, Issue 2, p289
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-531.2019.v11i2.289-296