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- Title
Self-Care of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Cared for at an Emergency Service in Mexico.
- Authors
Baquedano, Irasema Romero; dos Santos, Manoel Antônio; Martins, Tatiane Aparecida; Zanetti, Maria Lúcia
- Abstract
This study examines the self-care ability of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and relates it to sociodemographic and clinical variables. The study included 251 patients who were cared for by an emergency service in Mexico, in 2007. Data were obtained through structured interviews held at participants' households, through a form, a questionnaire and the Self-Care Ability Scale. Descriptive and correlation statistics were used for data analysis. The results show that 83 (33.5%) individuals displayed good self-care ability and 168 (66.5%) individuals displayed regular ability. A directly proportional correlation was found between self-care ability and schooling (r=0.124; p<0.05), as well as a negative correlation for religion (rs=-0.435; p<0.05) and duration of disease evolution (r=-0.667; p<0.05). The conclusion is that most of the individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus displayed regular ability for self-care. Self-care ability is related to multiple variables that should be taken into account by health professionals when suggesting educational programs.
- Subjects
MEXICO; TYPE 2 diabetes &; psychology; AGE distribution; ANALYSIS of variance; COMPUTER software; STATISTICAL correlation; HOSPITAL emergency services; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; TYPE 2 diabetes; RELIGION; STATISTICAL sampling; SCALE analysis (Psychology); HEALTH self-care; SEX distribution; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; EDUCATIONAL attainment; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (RLAE), 2010, Vol 18, Issue 6, p1195
- ISSN
1518-8345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S0104-11692010000600021