Adherence of people with type 1 diabetes to self-care activities

Moura, Bernardo; Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Ferreira, Margarida

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Moura, Bernardo

Vidal, Diogo Guedes

Ferreira, Margarida

Abstract(s)

Objective: to assess the adherence of people with type 1 diabetes to self-care activities. Method: quantitative study with 60 diabetics, from Porto, Portugal. The Self-Care Scale for Diabetes in its version translated and adapted to Portuguese was applied in January to February 2019. Results: respondents are mostly young (36.7%), employed (63.4%), female (73.3%), married (36.7%), high educated (60.0%) and diagnosed with recent diabetes (50.0%). Most have good mean adherence to self-care behaviors related to food (5.0), blood glucose monitoring (6.8), foot care (5.6) and medication (6.4). Regarding physical activity (2.6) and smoking, 73.3% of respondents say they smoked a cigarette in the last seven days lower adherence was identified. Conclusions: there is a need to develop educational programs to ensure a higher adherence to healthy lifestyles

Keywords

Nursing care Healthy lifestyle Pharmacology Treatment adherence and compliance Diabetes complications

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http://hdl.handle.net/10284/10170

Citation

Moura, Bernardo; Vidal, Diogo Guedes; Ferreira, Margarida. "Adherence of people with type 1 diabetics to self-care activities". Journal of Nursing and Health 11 3 (2021): e2111320491. DOI: 10.15210/JONAH.V11I3.20491