Representação clínica, comportamentos de autocuidado e crenças associadas ao tratamento de pessoas com diabetes mellitus.

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus is a heterogeneous group of disorders that lead to disability and/or restriction in insulin production, which may be due to pancreatic beta cell destruction or even due to insulin inactivity. It is important to note that, as it is a disease chronic disease, the treatment aims at glycemic control and the reduction of diseases, not aiming the cure. The understanding of the health needs that the individual presents permeates the perception of the absence of symptoms, it is necessary to make the user with diabetes adhere to to treatment and, above all, adopt health-protective practices, in this way it is necessary to that the health professional understands the behavior of the individual and even what can interfere with this behavior, intervening in the gap in behavioral understanding and accreditation of the proposed therapy. The study aims to: analyze the state clinical, behavioral and beliefs of people with Diabetes Mellitus treated at the Endocrinology Outpatient Clinic at the Lauro Wanderley University Hospital. The research was from descriptive exploratory type with a quantitative approach. It took place with people with the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus treated at the endocrinology outpatient clinic of the Hospital University Lauro Wanderley, from the Federal University of Paraíba, in the municipality of João

Person – Paraiba. For data collection, we used the application of a semi-structured form. structure developed by the researcher, with a direct approach to the participants in the

time of consultation. For data analysis, the method used was statistician, SPSS, version 2.0, the results were expressed through tables and graphs and discussed according to current and relevant literature. As this is a study involving humans, the research was submitted to the Ethics Committee of the Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley, as established in Resolution 466/12 of the National Health and approved under opinion number 2,039,944. Most participants are affected by type 2 diabetes (75.7%) and use oral hypoglycemic agents (49.7%). The analysis behavior allowed us to infer that the study participants adopt preventive measures and that a behavioral change actually occurs after knowledge of their condition of health, with the exception of the monitoring of glycemic rates, which showed a low index. The belief placed in the treatment is positive, and is influenced by the stimulus of people who according to the study reside in the same household, reflecting the low influence of health professionals for adherence to a healthy lifestyle and continuity of treatment. Through the analyzed data it is possible to identify the clinical profile of people with diabetes mellitus, such as understanding the self-care behavior expressed by the participants and the beliefs in relation to the treatment, contributing to the health professionals can actively intervene, with strategies that envision adherence individuals to healthy living practices.